Multilevel local anesthetic nerve blockade for the treatment of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41.e1-41.e5

  Rapkin, Andrea J ^a   McDonald, John S ^a,b   Morgan, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dyspareunia; local anesthetics; vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; GENITAL PAIN; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUDENDAL NERVE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

EID: 37349101953     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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