Chronic pelvic pain: the enigma of gynaecological practice

In: British Journal of Hospital Medicine · 2006 · vol. 67(4) , pp. 192–196 · doi:10.12968/hmed.2006.67.4.20865 · PMID:16681306 · W2031477376
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This review examines chronic pelvic pain, a complex condition impacting women's health and productivity, and highlights how systematic management can reduce its morbidity.

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This paper is a narrative review of chronic pelvic pain in gynaecological practice, outlining the condition’s complex and incompletely understood aetiology and its burden as a cause of chronic ill health and time off work. It argues, at a high level, that a systematic approach to management can significantly reduce morbidity and its downstream consequences, though it does not present new primary data or detailed study methods. The main limitation is that, as a review, it provides general synthesis rather than study-specific evidence from defined populations. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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Chronic pelvic pain is a debilitating condition with a complex and poorly understood aetiology. It is an important cause of chronic ill health and a major reason for time off work. This review focuses on how a systematic approach to its management significantly reduces morbidity and the consequences thereof.
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British Journal of Hospital Medicine (BJHM) is published by IMR Press from Volume 87 Issue 1 (2026). Previous articles were published by another publisher under the hybrid model (CC-BY-NC license or on a subscription basis), and they are hosted by IMR Press on imrpress.com as a courtesy and upon agreement. Chronic pelvic pain: the enigma of gynaecological practice Vani Sundarapandian 1, Meena Shankar 1, Justin C Konje 1 Affiliation Article Info 1 Reproductive Sciences Section, Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, Leicester-Warwick Medical School, University of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX Abstract Chronic pelvic pain is a debilitating condition with a complex and poorly understood aetiology. It is an important cause of chronic ill health and a major reason for time off work. This review focuses on how a systematic approach to its management significantly reduces morbidity and the consequences thereof.

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