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Article: Medical Tx rivals surgery for chronic pelvic pain.(Women's Health)
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- Family Practice News
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- April 1, 2006
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ORLANDO -- Women with chronic pelvic pain responded as well to medical treatment as they did to surgery, according to a prospective, observational cohort study of 370 patients that was carried out 1 year after treatment, Dr. Georgine Lamvu said at the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
About 15% of women report having chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in their lifetime. It is the primary indication for 12% of hysterectomies and 40% of laparoscopies and costs over $2 billion annually, said Dr. Lamvu of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The mean pain level score, as assessed by the McGill Pain ...