CHORDOTOMY FOR INTRACTABLE PELVIC PAIN

“ Sacral radiculopathies ” by “ Pelvic Compartment Syndrome ” - a unknown cause for unexplained intractable “ neuropathic chronic pelvic pain ”

Anterior cingulotomy for intractable pain

Article history: Received 25 September 2016 Accepted 1 October 2016 Conservative therapy is often the first-line treatment for many symptoms of various disease processes, including pain. Nevertheless, if pharmacological or medical management fails for those patients with severe and chronic pain, a surgical strategy may be a reasonable option. First performed for psychiatric disorders, cinguloto...

Spinal cord stimulation for intractable chronic pain.

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is minimally invasive and reversible therapy for treatment of severe, otherwise nonresponsive chronic pain. Such approach is relatively safe, with very few side-effects, not addictive, and provides enduring therapeutic response. A number of clinical studies support the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation in treating failed back surgery syndrome and complex regional...

hormonal treatment for endometriosis associated pelvic pain

background: endometriosis is a common gynecological problem associated with chronic pelvic pain. objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of current hormonal treatments of endometriosis associated pain. materials and methods: randomized controlled studies identified from databases of medline and cochrane systemic review groups were pooled. 7 rcts were recruited for evaluation in this review. da...

Pelvic pain.

It is a common assumption among women that lower abdominal discomfort, either central or lateral in distribution, is usually referred from the organs of reproduction and may properly be considered to be "pelvic pain." A man, with different anatomy, is unlikely to make this assumption and equates his "pelvic organs" with the reg'ion of the perineum. Thus pelvic pain is essentially a gynaecologic...