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- Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 2 Neurobiological Basis of Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 3 History and Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 4 Psychological Assessment of a Female Patient with Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 5 Musculoskeletal Assessment for Patients with Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 6 Pharmacological Management of Patients with Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 7 Evidence for Surgery for Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 8 Pelvic Pain Arising from Endometriosis
- Chapter 9 Bladder Pain Syndrome
- Chapter 10 Pelvic Pain Arising from Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
- Chapter 11 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Chapter 12 Vulvodynia
- Chapter 13 Pelvic Pain Arising from Adhesive Disease
- Chapter 14 Pelvic Pain Arising from Ovarian Remnant Syndrome
- Chapter 15 Pudendal Neuralgia
- Chapter 16 Other Peripheral Pelvic Neuralgias
- Chapter 17 Chronic Pain After Gynecological Surgery
- Chapter 18 Pain Arising from Pelvic Mesh Implants
- Chapter 19 Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction Arising from Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 20 Physical Therapy Interventions for Musculoskeletal Impairments in Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 21 If Everything Else Fails
- Index
- References
Chapter 13 - Pelvic Pain Arising from Adhesive Disease
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021
- Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 2 Neurobiological Basis of Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 3 History and Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 4 Psychological Assessment of a Female Patient with Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 5 Musculoskeletal Assessment for Patients with Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 6 Pharmacological Management of Patients with Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 7 Evidence for Surgery for Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 8 Pelvic Pain Arising from Endometriosis
- Chapter 9 Bladder Pain Syndrome
- Chapter 10 Pelvic Pain Arising from Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
- Chapter 11 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Chapter 12 Vulvodynia
- Chapter 13 Pelvic Pain Arising from Adhesive Disease
- Chapter 14 Pelvic Pain Arising from Ovarian Remnant Syndrome
- Chapter 15 Pudendal Neuralgia
- Chapter 16 Other Peripheral Pelvic Neuralgias
- Chapter 17 Chronic Pain After Gynecological Surgery
- Chapter 18 Pain Arising from Pelvic Mesh Implants
- Chapter 19 Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction Arising from Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 20 Physical Therapy Interventions for Musculoskeletal Impairments in Pelvic Pain
- Chapter 21 If Everything Else Fails
- Index
- References
Summary
Treatment of pain caused by abdominal and pelvic adhesions is possibly one of the most controversial issues among physicians taking care of patients with pelvic pain, and science is not helpful. There are publications that show that adhesions do not cause pain and others that show they do. The same goes for usefulness of adhesiolysis to relieve that pain. This discrepancy may be due to the fact that some surgeons preform more complete adhesiolysis than others and that coexisting pain conditions may be an additional confounding factor. I believe that certain adhesions cause pain and, in many cases, adhesiolysis is helpful. Laparoscopic or robotic adhesiolysis is a preferred way because chances of recurrence of adhesions is decreased. This may be due to the fact that CO2 prevents fibroblast migration. Risks of adhesiolyis including a risk of unrecognized bowel injury have to be very clearly explained to the patient and this procedure should be performed only by a skilled surgeon.
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- Management of Chronic Pelvic PainA Practical Manual, pp. 145 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021