Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain

Foreword Fred Howard and Michael Hibner; Introduction to chronic pelvic pain Michael Hibner and Ashley Gubbles; 1. Neurobiological basis of pelvic pain Ashley Gubbels; 2. History and evaluation of patients with chronic pelvic pain Nita Desai and Mario Castellanos; 3. Psychological assesment of a female patient with chronic pelvic pain Dean Tripp, Katherine Fretz and Curtis Nickel; 4. Musculoskeletal assessment for patients with pelvic pain Lauren Hill and Karen Brandon; 5. Pharmacological management of patients with pelvic pain Diana Atashroo and Richard Cockrum; 6. Evidence for surgery in patients with pelvic pain Nita Desai and Anna Reinert; 7. Pelvic pain arising from endometriosis Mark Dassel; 8. Pelvic pain arising from interstitial cystitis or Bladder Pain Syndrome (as is mentioned in the chapter) Katherine De Souza and Charles Butrick; 9. Pelvic pain arising from pelvic congestion syndrome Nita Desai; 10. Pelvic pain arising from irritable bowel syndrome Maryam Kashi and Seetha Lakshmanan; 11. Vulvodynia Georgine Lamvu and Jorge Carrillo; 12. Pelvic pain arising from adhesive disease Joseph Maurice and Sheena Galhotra; 13. Pelvic pain arising from ovarian remnant syndrome Mohammad Islam and Javier Magrina; 14. Pudendal neuralgia Mario Castellanos and Michael Hibner; 15. Other peripheral pelvic neuralgias Katherine DeSouza and Mario Castellanos; 16. Chronic pelvic pain after gynecologic surgery Anna Reinert and Michael Hibner; 17. Pain arising from pelvic mesh implants Ashley Gubbels and Michael Hibner; 18. Treatment of sexual dysfunction arising from pelvic pain Debra Wickman; 19. Physical therapy interventions for musculoskeletal impairments in pelvic pain Lauren Hill; 20. Pelvic pain: if all else fails Michael Hibner.