Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Interventional Therapies for Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Review

interventional therapies for chronic low back pain: a focused review (efficacy and outcomes)

conclusion lower back pain is a major healthcare issue and this review article will help educate the pain practitioners about the current evidence based treatment options. results this review article describes the most common modalities available to an interventional pain physician along with the most relevant current and past references for the treatment of lower back pain. all the graphics an...

Interventional therapies for controlling pelvic pain: what is the evidence?

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) has many potential causes and is often a complex disorder with multiple contributing etiologies. The evaluation and treatment of women with CPP often requires a multidimensional approach. The treatment of CPP consists of two approaches: 1) treatment of pain itself or global treatment, and 2) treatment of disease-specific etiologies. Most often, treatment requires a com...

Interventional Therapies for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Focused Review (Efficacy and Outcomes)

CONTEXT Lower back pain is considered to be one of the most common complaints that brings a patient to a pain specialist. Several modalities in interventional pain management are known to be helpful to a patient with chronic low back pain. Proper diagnosis is required for appropriate intervention to provide optimal benefits. From simple trigger point injections for muscular pain to a highly com...

Proposed New Pathophysiology of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

The most common type of prostatitis is category III, also known as chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). The current National Institutes of Health definition of CP/CPPS includes genitourinary pain with or without voiding symptoms in the absence of uropathogenic bacteria, as detected by standard microbiological methods, or other identifiable causes such as malignancy. Many ...

Therapies Targeting the Nervous System for Chronic Pelvic Pain Relief