Pudendal canal syndrome as a cause of vulvodynia and its treatment by pudendal nerve decompression

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coitus; Levator ani muscle; Pudendal canal; Pudendal nerve; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DYSPAREUNIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 0032189795     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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