Presacral neurectomy for chronic pelvic pain
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Presacral neurectomy for chronic pelvic pain achieved 63-77% success rates for dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and other pelvic pains, with recurrence in 18% of lateral pelvic pain cases and 4% complications.
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Over an eight-year period, 50 presacral neurectomies were performed at Madigan Army Medical Center for chronic pelvic pain failing response to medical management. Each hospital record was reviewed and 45 patients answered a questionnaire grading the severity of their pain from 0 to 10 for dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and other pelvic pain before and after surgery. The results showed success rates of 73% in relieving dysmenorrhea, 77% in relieving dyspareunia, and 63% in relieving other pelvic pains. The addition of a bilateral uterosacral ligament resection to the presacral neurectomy did not increase the success rate. There was an 18% lateral pelvic pain recurrence rate, and no recurrence of dysmenorrhea. Complications occurred in 4%.
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