Intravesicular pain mapping.
The lack of success with the physician-only approach to bladder pain and interstitial cystitis demonstrates the need for a fresh new method. Such an approach, in which the patient becomes an integral part of the operating team, verifying that the operative findings are the source of the pain and that treatment of these areas will lead to the resolution of the pain, needs to be examined further.
Demco
Larry A
LA
Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Medina
Marelyn
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D018856:Cystitis, Interstitial / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*