Pain referral patterns in the pelvis
Non-randomised trial
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This paper describes the typical patterns of pain referral from specific pelvic structures and their clinical implications.
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if right-left pelvic pain orientation exists in all patients, and to estimate the frequency of pain referral patterns in the pelvis.
DESIGN: Prospective, nonrandomized trial (Canadian Task Force classification II-1).
SETTING: University-affiliated hospital.
PATIENTS: One hundred consecutive women with no pain undergoing tubal sterilization or investigation of infertility (group A) were compared with 225 women with chronic pelvic pain of greater than 6 months' duration (group B).
INTERVENTION: Patient-assisted laparoscopy with intravenous conscious sedation and pelvic pain mapping.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Of women in group A, 69% had correct right-left orientation, 18% had pain perceived on the opposite side of the abdomen, and 31% had pain referred to another location in the abdomen. The results were similar in women in group B, 65% of whom had correct orientation, 15% had pain perceived on the opposite side of the abdomen, and 35% had pain referred to another location.
CONCLUSION: This demonstrates the need to ask on which side a woman feels pain during physical examination. It is not correct to assume that an answer of "yes" means the same side of the pelvis that is being examined. Patient-assisted laparoscopy and pelvic pain mapping are excellent in correlating the symptom with the pathology.
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