title: [Chronic pelvic pain].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chronic pelvic pain represents a multifactorial problem of unknown etiology. International standardized diagnostic and therapeutic approaches do not exist.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medline and PubMed databases were searched for systematic reviews and guidelines for prevalence and therapy of chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Frequency, clinical picture, and treatment concepts for various forms of chronic pelvic pain are presented. If established treatments fail, then multimodal therapy concepts are recommended. Controlled studies, which fulfill evidence-based medicine criteria, are lacking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The success of multimodal therapeutic approaches in other chronic pain diseases should lead to the development and verification of these for chronic pelvic pain.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, St.-Josefs-Hospital, Wilhelm-Schmidt-Str.4, 44263, Dortmund, Deutschland, o.moormann@lukas-gesellschaft.de.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Moormann
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gralow
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*