Should women with chronic pelvic pain have adhesiolysis?

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cheong, Ying C ^a,b   Reading, Isobel ^e   Bailey, Sarah ^a   Sadek, Khaled ^a   Ledger, William ^d   Li, Tin C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesiolysis; Chronic pelvic pain; Laparoscopy; Randomised controlled trial; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS HEALTH PROFILE 30; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC ADHESIOLYSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT FORM 12; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 84899474803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-36     Document Type: Article

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