...Baydaa Alsannan; Ahmad Alzeeny; Andrea Etrusco; Antonio Simone Laganà; Antonio D'Amato; Togas Tulandi Background: Pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) is a poorly understood condition that can be associated with chronic pelvic pain and could impact quality of life. The diagnosis is often made...

... consumption Cost estimates Absenteeism Presenteeism Chronic pelvic pain Endometriosis, a gynecological disease defined as the presence of ectopic endometrial-like tissue [ 1 ], affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age [ 2 ]. The disease is complex and heterogenic, and a combination...

... to in the content or advertisements. Chronic pelvic pain Dysmenorrhea Dyspareunia Quality of life Depression Mood Pelvic pain refers to many different conditions including pain occurring exclusively during menstruation (dysmenorrhea), sexual intercourse (dyspareunia), and in the interval between...

...Sule Gokyildiz; Nezihe Kizilkaya Beji; Onay Yalcin; Ayse Istek Objective: This research is a prospective study which was designed to determine the effects of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) therapy on the quality of life and sexual life of patients with chronic pelvic pain (CPP...

...Randy S. Roth; Margaret Punch; Jan E. Bachman Background/Aims: This study compared women suffering chronic pelvic pain (CPP) secondary to endometriosis (n = 30) with women experiencing CPP due to either myofascial abdominal/pelvic pain (n = 70) or pelvic adhesions (n = 38) to determine...

...Sun-Wei Guo; Yuedong Wang Background: The 2004 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology clinical management guideline states that the prevalence of endometriosis is approximately 33% in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). This estimate came from a review showing that 28% of adult women...

...Spyros Milingos; Athanasios Protopapas; George Kallipolitis; Petros Drakakis; Dimitrios Loutradis; Anthoula Liapi; Aris Antsaklis Background/Aims: Endometriosis is considered an important cause of chronic pelvic pain. Despite its high prevalence, controversy still exists regarding the true...

...Reuvit Halperin; Anna Padoa; David Schneider; Ian Bukovsky; Mordechai Pansky Objective: To examine the long-term outcome of patients undergoing uterine ventrosuspension for chronic pelvic pain and deep dyspareunia. Methods: Eighty-two patients, presenting with retroverted uterus, pelvic pain...

...). The correlations between disease stage and various types of pain were analyzed differently in each group. The frequencies of chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia increased with disease stage either in the infertility group, in the pain group or in the aggregate. On the other hand, no significant relation between...

...Hulusi Gürel; Sebahat Atar Gürel The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between severe dyspareunia, back pain, dysmenorrhea and chronic pelvic pain (CPP), and the relationship of each pain type with various sociodemographic factors, pelvic relaxation and high parity. Two hundred...