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Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women

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Our ability to provide optimal care for women who suffer from chronic pelvic pain (CPP) has traditionally been limited, in part, by the complexity of the presentation and the relative lack of understanding of the mechanisms involved and data to support consistent therapeutic options that relieve pain. The purpose of this chapter is to provide clinicians who see female patients with a précis and guide to allow for more effective triage of CPP and to implement appropriate, contemporary diagnostics, and therapeutic interventions. Critical to this process is a real understanding of the pathogenesis behind chronic pain and how this may be associated with the spectrum of related disorders.

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  1. Gynaecology & Minimally Invasive Surgery, The University of Toronto, Mt. Sinai Hospital, OPG Building Room 8-813, 700 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z5, Canada

    M. Jonathon Solnik MD, FACS

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, OPG Building Room 8-813, 700 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z5, Canada

    M. Jonathon Solnik MD, FACS

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Matthew Thomas Siedhoff MD, MSCR

  4. Division of Advanced Laparoscopy & Pelvic Pain, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Matthew Thomas Siedhoff MD, MSCR

  5. Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Matthew Thomas Siedhoff MD, MSCR

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  1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Laparoscopic Surgical Center of New York, New York, New York, USA

    Brian P. Jacob

  2. Division of General Surgery, Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic at UCLA, Santa Monica, California, USA

    David C. Chen

  3. FSU College of Medicine, Advanced Hernia Solutions, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

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  4. Beverly Hills Hernia Center, Beverly Hills, California, USA

    Shirin Towfigh

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Solnik, M.J., Siedhoff, M.T. (2016). Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women. In: Jacob, B., Chen, D., Ramshaw, B., Towfigh, S. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21587-7_12

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