Chronic proctalgia and chronic pelvic pain syndromes: New etiologic insights and treatment options

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 4447-4455

  Chiarioni, Giuseppe ^a   Asteria, Corrado ^b   Whitehead, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Chronic pelvic pain; Chronic proctalgia; Coccygodynia; Levator ani syndrome; Pu dendal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; DIAZEPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; CHRONIC PROCTALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCYGODYNIA; ELECTROGALVANIC STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE TONE; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCTALGIA; PUDENDAL NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 81755162308     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i40.4447     Document Type: Review

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