title: Focus for the future: tackling the 'pelvic pain' problem in gynecologic practice--an interactive session.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The clinical management of women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and endometriosis involves important issues that exist at the interface between these two conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  To address these issues, an interactive session was convened to discuss an empiric algorithmic protocol for the clinical management of CPP and endometriosis presented during the Takeda-sponsored session as part of the XVI FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics and to monitor the audience response to this approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Approximately one-third of the audience responded that they would definitely try this method, approximately 18% were already using it, and approximately 21% would be fairly likely to try it. Thirty percent of the audience was not convinced that the empiric approach is the best management strategy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The advantages of this management strategy should be carefully considered, and discussed with colleagues who do think it is the reasonable treatment approach in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK. j.jwalker@leeds.ac.uk
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000628:therapy*