Pudendal entrapment as an etiology of chronic perineal pain: Diagnosis and treatment

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 820-827

  Popeney, Charles ^a   Ansell, Van ^b   Renney, Ken ^c  

^a Fort Bend Neurology   (United States)

^b Foundation Surgical Hospital   (United States)

^c TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabling neuropathic pain; Neurophysiologic studies; Pudendal entrapment; Pudendal nerve infiltrations; Responders; Surgical decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSTIPATION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 35148834368     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20421     Document Type: Article

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