Microlaparoscopic conscious pain mapping in the evaluation of chronic pelvic pain: a case report.
Chronic pelvic pain is a debilitating, life-altering syndrome that negatively affects a woman's quality of life and personal relationships. Many women continue to suffer with pelvic pain despite having undergone multiple medical and surgical treatments. Unfortunately, some women are incorrectly labeled as having psychological illness when organic disease may be present. I report a case of a woman who underwent multiple pelvic and abdominal surgeries before the cause of her pain was identified through microlaparoscopic conscious pain mapping.
Almeida
Oscar D
OD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine and Providence Park OB-GYN, PC, Mobile, Alabama, USA. odalmeida@aol.com
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects