Chronic Prostatitis at AUA 2014 The 2014 offerings on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain (CP/CPPS) were again few at the American Urological Association meeting in Orlando last May, with only about 15 presentations that could apply to men with CP/CPPS and only 9 aimed specifically at CP/CPPS. Funding for studies in North America is now mostly through the National Institute of Diabetes and ...

BACKGROUND Chronic pelvic pain in women due to hernias may be misdiagnosed by practicing clinicians. These fascial defects, their symptoms, physical findings, and proper treatment must be known in order to help women experiencing this form of chronic pelvic pain. METHODS All procedures were performed by the primary author using standard laparoscopic tension-free mesh techniques. RESULTS The...

OBJECTIVE To determine the value of Patient Assisted Laparoscopy (PAL) in the diagnosis of pelvic pain. METHODS One hundred patients with pelvic pain were assessed by the procedure of Patient Assisted Laparoscopy to determine the cause of chronic pelvic pain. RESULTS Of the 100 patients with pelvic pain, 12 patients were not assessed due to technique failure, which included reaction to the ...

BACKGROUND Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is a bladder disease that causes debilitating pelvic pain of unknown origin, and IC/PBS symptoms correlate with elevated bladder lamina propria mast cell counts. Similar to IC/PBS patients, pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection in mice induces a neurogenic cystitis associated with bladder lamina propria mast cell accumulation and p...

Pain is the cardinal symptom of endometriosis, even though patients may experience several different types of pain, such as dysmenorrhea, deep dyspareunia, discomfort during defecation or while urinating, according to the anatomic location of this disorder. Endometriotic implants, pelvic adhesions and ovarian endometriomas are commonly associated with chronic pelvic pain. Haemorrhage into an en...

Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A), derived from Clostridium botulinum, has been used clinically for several diseases or syndrome including chronic migraine, spasticity, focal dystonia and other neuropathic pain. Chronic pelvic or bladder pain is the one of the core symptoms of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC). However, in the field of urology, chronic bladder or pelvic pain is...

Introduction. Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women and men is associated with significant sexual dysfunction. Recently, musculoskeletal factors have been recognized as significant contributors to the mechanism of pelvic pain and associated sexual dysfunction, and in particular, pelvic floor muscle hypertonus has been implicated. Aim. The purpose of this Continuing Medical Education article is to ...

PURPOSE The incidence of pelvic pain after placement of a suburethral sling for incontinence ranges between 0% and 30%. The management of this chronic pain after suburethral sling placement is complex and to our knowledge no consensus has been reached. We evaluated the functional results after removal of the suburethral tape responsible for chronic pelvic pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS From Nove...