Abstract
Perineal pain is the basis of presentation to different specialities. This pain is still rather unknown and leads the different teams to inappropriate treatments which may fail.
For more than twenty years, we have seen these patients in a multidisciplinary consultation. Our anatomical works have provided a detailed knowledge of the nervous supply of the perineum which allowed us to propose the description of an entrapment syndrome of the pudendal nerve. Other disturbances of different origins were highlighted helping colleagues to a better analysis of this enigmatic painful syndrome.
Cadaveric studies have been done to guide treatments by blocks and surgery if necessary according to well defined criteria.
A randomized prospective study validated the surgery. The retrospective study concluded that two thirds of the patients improved after treatment. New anatomical concepts are leading us to enlarge the field of this type of surgery, with the hope of improving the success rate.
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Robert, R., Labat, J.J., Riant, T., Khalfallah, M., Hamel, O. (2007). Neurosurgical treatment of perineal neuralgias. In: Pickard, J.D., et al. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, vol 32. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-47423-5_3
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