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Pelvic Pain Treatment Options
Essential to the initial management of chronic pelvic pain is the use of an extensive diagnostic work up followed by treatment centered on the findings or lack of findings.1 It has been shown in many studies that the most effective treatment for chronic pelvic pain is not any one modality but instead a multimodal approach.2 With most patients, treatment plans need to be made involving all of the categories in the treatment continuum.
The NPF Treatment Continuum is designed to help you learn more about specific treatment options — from traditional to complementary — available to you. Options are arranged to guide you from the mildest to strongest forms of therapy.
Just click on the terms below the arrows to explore each treatment option.
Pelvic Pain Peer Review Committee
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Content Editor:
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John McDonald, M.D.
Los Angeles, Calif.
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Editorial Review Board:
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Andrea Rapkin, M.D.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Adam C. Steinberg, D.O.
Cameden, NJ
Kristene E. Whitmore,
M.D.
Philadelphia, Penn.
Rollin Gallagher, M.D., M.P.H.,
(Chief Editor) Philadelphia, Penn. |
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References:
- Ling FW. Randomized controlled trial of depot leuprolide in patients with chronic pelvic pain and clinically suspected endometriosis. Obst Gynec 1999;93:51-58.
- Wald, A. Anorectal and pelvic pain in women: diagnostic consideration and treatment. J Clin Gastr 2001;33(4):283-288; Wesselman U, Burnett AL, Heinberg LJ. The urogenital and rectal pain syndromes. Pain 1997;73(3):269-294; Kames LD, Rapkin AJ, Naliboff BD, Afifi S, Ferrer-Brechner T. Effectiveness of an interdisciplinary pain management program for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain. Pain 1990;41(1):41-46; Flor H, Fydrich T, Turk D. Efficacy of multidisciplinary pain treatment centers: a meta-analytic review. Pain 1992;49(2):221-230; Davis K, Kumar D, Stanton SL. Pelvic floor dysfunction: the need for a multidisciplinary team approach. J Pelvic Medicine and Surgery 2003;9(1):23-36.
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