The treatment of provoked vestibulodynia: A critical review

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-171

  Landry, Tina ^a   Bergeron, Sophie ^a   Dupuis, Marie Josée ^b   Desrochers, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Treatment; Urogenital pain; Vestibulodynia; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BETAMETHASONE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIET THERAPY; DYSPAREUNIA; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PERINEOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VESTIBULECTOMY; VESTIBULODYNIA; VESTIMULECTOMY; VULVODYNIA;

ANALGESICS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; VULVA; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

EID: 38549129688     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31815aac4d     Document Type: Review

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