Chronic pelvic pain in women of childbearing age.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to summarize new findings in the area of chronic pelvic pain in women of childbearing age.


RESULTS
Particular attention over the past few years has been paid to the multidisciplinary approach in diagnosing and treating chronic pelvic pain, because it is common knowledge that different medical specialties very often deal with patients affected by this condition.


CONCLUSIONS
A classification of chronic pelvic pain is presented, along with the recommended evaluation, diagnostic investigations, and treatment of this condition, based on recent reports in the literature.
Lovrincevic
Mirjana
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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA. mirjana.lovrincevic@roswellpark.org