Investigations for chronic pelvic pain

Reviews in Gynaecological Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-236

  Cheong, Ying ^a   Stones, William ^b  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Adhesions; Chronic pelvic pain; Endometriosis; Investigations; Laparoscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pelvic congestion syndrome; Ultrasound; Venography

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CYCLIZINE; DICLOFENAC; DIHYDROCODEINE; GLYCEROL; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; SENNA EXTRACT;

ADHESION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABLE COLON; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 27944475120     PISSN: 14717697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rigp.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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