Laparoscopic uterosacral nerve ablation for alleviating chronic pelvic pain: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 955-961

  Daniels, Jane ^a   Gray, Richard ^a   Hills, Robert K ^b   Latthe, Pallavi ^a   Buckley, Laura ^a   Gupta, Janesh ^a   Selman, Tara ^a   Adey, Elizabeth ^c   Xiong, Tengbin ^d   Champaneria, Rita ^a   Lilford, Richard ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC UTEROSACRAL NERVE ABLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; INNERVATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENERVATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69849093740     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1268     Document Type: Article

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