OBJECTIVE Nulliparous women are frequently hospitalized for treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). GOAL The goal of this study was to determine the economic feasibility of hospitalizing adolescents and young women for PID. STUDY DESIGN The authors conducted a Markov decision model, estimating the cost-effectiveness of hospitalization compared with outpatient therapy for mild to mod...

Adenomyosis is largely under diagnosed before hysterectomy and commonly co-exists with uterine fibroid. Thus this study aimed to elicit the clinical profile of adenomyosis by comparison with uterine fibroid. This is a hospital based prospective case-control study carried out from 1st April 2010 to 31st May 2011 which comprise of women undergoing hysterectomy with a histological diagnosis of sol...

Idiopathic chronic male pelvic pain is difficult to diagnose and treat. Currently, diagnosis relies on subjective symptoms; objective measures of neuromuscular mechanisms have not been investigated. Sonographic imaging has been used to investigate these neuromuscular mechanisms in the female pelvic floor, but neither research nor books describe sonography evaluation of the male pelvic floor. Th...

Living with any chronic pain carries a heavy economic and social price.Aiming for accurate diagnosis and effective management from the first presentation may help to reduce the disruption of the woman’s life and may avoid an endless succession of referrals, investigations and operations.This guideline aims to provide an evidence-based framework for the initial assessment of women with chronic p...

Pelvic inflammatory disease or pelvic inflammatory disorder (PID) is an infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system namely the uterus, fallopian tubes, or the ovaries. Around 2% of women are affected. The main complication is the formation of a pyosalpinx (abscess) and ectopic pregnancy is 6 times more likely after a pelvic infection. Often there may be no symptoms. Signs and ...

OBJECTIVE   The objective of this study was to describe and evaluate the Internet resources available to patients searching for information about chronic urogenital/pelvic pain. DESIGN   As far as possible, we applied systematic review methods to search, retrieve, sort, and critique Websites, using common search engines and terms in the English language. Evaluation from a patient viewpoint fo...