Chronic abdominal wall pain (CAWP) refers to the pain originating from the abdominal wall which is often misdiagnosed as arising from a source inside the abdominal cavity, often resulting in inappropriate diagnostic investigations, unsatisfactory treatment, and considerable costs. In spite of being implicated in as many as 10% of patients with chronic abdominal pain of unknown cause seen by gas...

Recurrent abdominal pain is one of the most common presenting complaints to primary care providers and pediatric gastroenterologists. It affects up to 10% to 25% of school-aged children and adolescents and accounts for significant school loss, impaired quality of life, and parental frustration [1–3]. It continues to be misunderstood by both the medical and lay communities, often leading to unde...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to report the effectiveness Hoeeum Bee-venom Therapy and Balio Acupuncture Treatment in management chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.Methods: A patient with syndrome underwent Korean medical treatment, including Treatment. severity symptoms assessed a daily visual analog scale (VAS) for orchialgia lower abdominal pain. In addition, we mea...

BACKGROUND Chronic abdominal wall pain (CAWP) is a frequent and confusing pain. It often leads to many diagnostic tests and sometimes some surgeries before an accurate diagnosis is achieved. Numerus had reported that patients with pain in abdominal wall are frequently treated like some one who is suffering from visceral pain. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that is done in Isfahan in...

Background: Laparoscopy is defined as the technique in which abdomino-pelvic cavity is visualized through small openings in the wall of abdomen through instruments. In patients with chronic abdominal pain, only diagnostic laparoscopy can be considered as the gold standard and provide correct diagnosis and concurrently may prove to be therapeutic. Methods: This is an observational study which wa...

A prospective audit of the diagnostic yield and management benefit of laparoscopy was undertaken in 220 consecutive patients. The procedure was performed electively in 180 patients and as an emergency in 40. The indications for laparoscopy in the elective group were suspected hepatic disease, staging of intra-abdominal malignancy, diagnostic problems, and chronic abdominal pain. Emergency lapar...

Treatment of acute pain in chronic disease requires the physician to choose from an arsenal of pain management techniques tailored to the individual patient. Celiac plexus block and neurolysis are commonly employed for the management of chronic abdominal pain, especially in debilitating conditions such as cancer or chronic pancreatitis. The procedure is safe, well tolerated, and produces few co...

Introduction. Most spinal-cord-injured patients have constipation. One-third develop chronic abdominal pain 10 years or more after injury. Nevertheless, very little is known about the nature of abdominal pain after spinal cord injury (SCI). It may be neuropathic or caused by constipation. Aim. To compare characteristics of abdominal pain in SCI with able-bodied with chronic idiopathic constipat...