Chronic Pelvic Pain

A new addition to the Gynecology in Practice series, Chronic Pelvic Pain provides a practical guide to diagnosing and treating chronic pelvic pain in women. Emphasizing diagnosis, management and psychological aspects, the book assists gynecologists to better care for their patients suffering from this condition. As a part of the series, various feature boxes are highlighted throughout. "Tips and Tricks" give suggestions on how to improve outcomes through practical technique or patient questioning. In addition, "Caution" warning boxes supply helpful advice on how to avoid problems and "Science Revisited" boxes offer quick reminders of the basic science principles necessary for understanding the presented concepts.

Series Foreword vii Preface viii Contributors ix 1 Neurobiology of Chronic Pelvic Pain 1 Jennifer Gunter 2 The Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Pelvic Pain 7 Fred M. Howard 3 Psychogenic Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain, and its Impact on Psychological Status 29 Alessandra Graziottin 4 Endometriosis: Pathogenesis and Management of Pain 40 Jennifer L. Kulp and A. Arici 5 Pelvic Infections and Chronic Pelvic Pain 50 Nicole Paterson and John Jarrell 6 Pelvic Congestion Syndrome 65 Aarti Umranikar and Ying Cheong 7 Chronic Pelvic Pain and Adhesions 71 Michael P. Diamond, Manvinder Singh, and Elizabeth E. Puscheck 8 Fibroids, Adenomyosis, and Chronic Pelvic Pain 77 David L. Olive 9 Bladder Pain Syndrome and Other Urological Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain 86 Daniela Wittmann and J. Quentin Clemens 10 Chronic Pelvic Pain of Enterocolic Origin 98 Andrea J. Rapkin and Tevy Tith 11 Musculoskeletal Causes of Pelvic Pain 115 Frank Tu, Colleen Fitzgerald, Sangeeta Senapati, and Kristen Pozolo 12 Dyspareunia: Causes and Treatments (Including Provoked Vestibulodynia) 125 Marta Meana and Yitzchak M. Binik Copyrighted Material 13 Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain in the Adolescent Woman 137 Luigi Fedele, Giada Frontino, and Stefano Bianchi 14 Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain Without Obvious Pathology 141 Liza Marie Colimon, David Ashley Hill, and Georgine Lamvu 15 The Role of Definitive Surgery in the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain and Posthysterectomy Pain 155 Brett A.H. Schultz and Tommaso Falcone 16 Alternative Treatments for Chronic Pelvic Pain 167 Cindy Farquhar Index 176