Surgical management of chronic pelvic pain
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Abstract:
The surgical procedures used for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain, their indications, and success rates are reviewed. A thorough preoperative evaluation is presented that will enable the physician to detect patients at high risk for surgical failure and those who will be more appropriately managed with nonsurgical treatment modalities.
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