title: Conscious pain mapping.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the technique and usefulness of conscious pain mapping.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective, observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).
  
  
  METHODS
  Gynecology departments of a university-affiliated hospital and a private community hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty consecutive women undergoing diagnostic microlaparoscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Conscious pain mapping was performed in all 50 women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Conscious pain mapping helped to identify foci of chronic pelvic pain. The appendix and pelvic adhesions accounted for a significant amount of pelvic pain in these women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Conscious pain mapping helps to uncover sites of pelvic pain that might not be identified during traditional laparoscopy under general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: O D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Val-Gallas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery