Recent advances in understanding and managing chronic pelvic pain in women with special consideration to endometriosis
Ball, E. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8739-090X & Khan, K. S. (2020).
Recent advances in understanding and managing chronic pelvic pain in women with special consideration to endometriosis.
F1000Res, 9,
article number 83.
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.20750.1
Abstract
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is defined variably, but for clinical use it is cyclical or non-cyclical pain of at least 3-6 months' duration. It has major impacts on individuals and society. There are both structural and idiopathic causes. Whereas CPP is not curable in many cases, it is treatable. The most promising approach is multidisciplinary patient-centered care including cause-directed therapy, lifestyle changes, talking therapies, meditation, acupuncture, and physiotherapy (this is not a complete list). One of the most common structural causes for CPP is endometriosis. This review investigates current scientific concepts and recent innovations in this field as well as for CPP in general.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Publisher Keywords: | chronic pelvic pain in women, endometriosis, idiopathic chronic pelvic pain |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Midwifery & Radiography |
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