Management of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain

William D. Schlaff

doi:10.1017/cbo9781107478084.014

Management of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain

William D. Schlaff

In: Chronic Pelvic Pain · 2014 · pp. 148–154 · doi:10.1017/cbo9781107478084.014 · W2505010873

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This paper reviews management strategies for idiopathic chronic pelvic pain, a condition characterized by pain in the pelvic region without a clear identifiable cause.

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This chapter in a 2014 Cambridge University Press volume reviews management strategies for idiopathic chronic pelvic pain within a broader spectrum of chronic pelvic pain disorders, framed by prior sections on pelvic anatomy/neuroanatomy, investigations, and medical and surgical options. It surveys treatment-oriented considerations across multiple etiologic categories addressed in the book, including endometriosis-related pain and other pelvic pain conditions, along with psychological considerations and complementary therapies. A major limitation is that the provided text is only a chapter listing/metadata without the chapter’s substantive content, so specific recommendations and outcomes cannot be extracted. Relevance to endometriosis: the book explicitly includes separate sections on “Medical treatments for endometriosis-related pain” and “Endometriosis: surgical approaches,” though this particular chapter focuses on idiopathic chronic pelvic pain rather than endometriosis-specific treatment.

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- Chronic Pelvic Pain - Chronic Pelvic Pain - Copyright page - Contents - Contributors - 1 Chronic pelvic pain: spectrum of the disorder - 2 Pelvic anatomy and neuroanatomy: relevance to chronic pelvic pain - 3 Investigating chronic pelvic pain: ultrasound - 4 Investigating chronic pelvic pain: surgical approaches - 5 Medical treatments for endometriosis-related pain - 6 Endometriosis: surgical approaches to stages I and II - 7 Endometriosis: surgical approaches to stages III and IV - 8 Psychological considerations and therapies in patients with chronic pelvic pain - 9 Vulvodynia - 10 Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome - 11 Pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain - 12 Chronic pelvic pain and sexual dysfunction: cause and effect - 13 Complementary therapies for women with chronic pelvic pain - 14 Management of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain - Index Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014 Book contents - Chronic Pelvic Pain - Chronic Pelvic Pain - Copyright page - Contents - Contributors - 1 Chronic pelvic pain: spectrum of the disorder - 2 Pelvic anatomy and neuroanatomy: relevance to chronic pelvic pain - 3 Investigating chronic pelvic pain: ultrasound - 4 Investigating chronic pelvic pain: surgical approaches - 5 Medical treatments for endometriosis-related pain - 6 Endometriosis: surgical approaches to stages I and II - 7 Endometriosis: surgical approaches to stages III and IV - 8 Psychological considerations and therapies in patients with chronic pelvic pain - 9 Vulvodynia - 10 Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome - 11 Pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain - 12 Chronic pelvic pain and sexual dysfunction: cause and effect - 13 Complementary therapies for women with chronic pelvic pain - 14 Management of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain - Index A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content. - Type - Chapter - Information - Chronic Pelvic Pain , pp. 148 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014 Accessibility compliance for the HTML of this chapter is currently unknown and may be updated in the future. To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle. Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply. Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service. - Management of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain - - Book: Chronic Pelvic Pain - Online publication: 18 December 2014 To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox. - Management of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain - - Book: Chronic Pelvic Pain - Online publication: 18 December 2014 To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive. - Management of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain - - Book: Chronic Pelvic Pain - Online publication: 18 December 2014

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[1] Chronic Pelvic Pain: Prevalence, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Economic Correlates 1996

[2] Follow-up report on a randomized controlled trial of laser laparoscopy in the treatment of pelvic pain associated with minimal to moderate endometriosis 1997

[3] Recognition and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome among women with chronic pelvic pain 2005

[4] A systematic history for the patient with chronic pelvic pain. 2000