title: Urogynecologic causes of chronic pelvic pain.
abstract: Many women with CPP undergo lengthy evaluations and sometimes empiric operative procedures only to continue to have pain for which no clear source can be found. Occasionally, a review of urinary symptoms may be the key to initiating a diagnostic and therapeutic course that reveals a urologic cause for their pain. Appropriate treatment directed to the urinary disorder may lead to improvement and potentially obviate gynecologic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Summitt
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003556:Cystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D014526:Urethritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000294:innervation; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy