title: Combined vulvar vestibulitis syndrome with vaginismus: which to treat first?
abstract: The common approach to vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS) combined with vaginismus is to treat the VVS before the vaginismus. Our study initially ignored the VVS and instead treated the vaginismus first.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. hartoov@barak-online.net
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Har-Toov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Militscher
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lessing
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abramov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D004414:Dyspareunia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014847:Vulvitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*