Chronic Pelvic Pain Caused by Laxity of the Uterosacral Ligaments: Are the Posterior Fornix Syndrome and the Allen–Masters Syndrome Synonyms?
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We found that chronic pelvic pain (CPP), although a frustrating issue for many gynecologists, is actually mostly under diagnosed and under treated. Women with CPP are challenging for the medical system. Many of them have multiple visits, hospitalizations, many imaging processes sometimes including “normal” laparoscopy, with no real answer for their problem. Endometriosis and adhesions are some of the main reasons, but only responsible for less than 50% of CPP cases.
In 1993, pelvic pain was described by Peter Petros as being part of the “Posterior Fornix Syndrome” (PFS) a group of symptoms comprising pelvic pain, nocturia, urgency, frequency, and abnormal emptying [1,2]. The syndrome is caused by …
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- Laparoscopic Douglasectomy in the treatment of painful uterine retroversion 1997
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