title: Laparoscopy in 100 women with chronic pelvic pain.
abstract: Laparoscopy was used to evaluate 100 women who consistently reported pelvic pain in the same location for a minimum of six months. These findings were compared with those of 50 asymptomatic women who underwent laparoscopy for tubal ligation. Overall, 83% of the group with pelvic pain had abnormal pelvic organs as compared with 29% of the asymptomatic group. Adhesions were the most common pathology accounting for 38% and pelvic endometriosis accounted for 32% of the symptomatic group. Results of this study suggest that pelvic pain reported to be in the same location for a minimum of six months, is usually associated with organic pathology.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008599:Menstruation Disturbances / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010388:Pelvis; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000175:diagnosis