Urogynecologic causes of chronic pelvic pain.
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.
Summitt
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
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