Neuromodulation of pelvic visceral pain: Review of the literature and case series of potential novel targets for treatment

Pain Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-17

  Hunter, Corey ^a   Davé, Nimish ^a   Diwan, Sudhir ^b   Deer, Timothy ^c,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b The Spine and Pain Institute of New York   (United States)

^c Center for Pain Relief   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndromes; Dorsal root ganglion; Intractable; Neuralgia; Pain; Pelvic pain; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLADDER PAIN SYNDROME; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCYGODYNIA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONUS MEDULLARIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTRODE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATOR; NEURITIS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROSTADYNIA; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECTAL PAIN; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA PAIN; VISCERAL PAIN; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 84871984098     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2012.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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