Pelvic Pain Management

Edited by Assia T. Valovska

Outlines the principal gynecologic and nongynecologic causes of chronic pelvic pain and describe the pathophysiology of each cause.
Includes guidelines for obtaining a pertinent medical, menstrual, sexual, and menthal health history to characterize the patient's chronic pelvic pain, including signs/symptoms emanating from nonreproductive organs
Summarizes indications and approximate success rates for interventions for chronic pelvic pain, such as laparoscopy, presacral neurectomy, uterosacral nerve ablation, adhesiolysis, and extirpative procedures
Describes the indications for referral to a multidisciplinary group, including urologists or gastroenterologists, pain management specialists, and behavioral and/or mental health specialists
Describes the appropriate long-term goals and follow-up for a patient with chronic pelvic pain.

Pelvic Pain Management

Edited by Assia T. Valovska

Description

Pelvic Pain Management is an evidence-based guide to understanding the basics of pain mechanisms, pharmacology, invasive and noninvasive treatment modalities, and pain management protocols related to the complex problem of pelvic pain. The book addresses all aspects of pain management essentials, new technologies and devices, chronic pain issues, opioid and non-opioid pharmacology, including newly approved drugs, and special populations including pediatrics, the elderly, and patients with co-existing disease. It provides information on performing a proper physical exam, diagnosing the origins of the pain, and developing a treatment plan with emphasis on multidisciplinary management. This is an ideal resource for physicians, trainees, and nurses looking to recognize, diagnose and manage all major issues related to pelvic pain.

Pelvic Pain Management

Edited by Assia T. Valovska

1. Pelvic Pain Management: An Introduction
Louis Saddic, Richard D. Urman, and Assia T. Valovska

2. Anatomy of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Mona K. Patel and Assia T. Valovska

3. Pain Mechanisms in Chronic Pelvic Pain
Juan Diego Villegas- Echeverri, José Duván López- Jaramillo, Ana Lucía Herrera- Betancourt, Jorge Darío López- Isanoa, and María del Pilar Pardo- Bustamante

4. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Pelvic Pain Treatment: A Physical Therapist's Perspective
Stephanie Prendergast

5. Pharmacological Management of Pelvic Pain
Michele L. Matthews and Vesela Kovacheva

6. Dyspareunia and Vulvodynia
Adeoti Oshinowo, Alin Ionescu, Tanya E. Anim, and Georgine Lamvu

7. Endometriosis: Treatment and Pain Management
Adham Zayed, Karina Gritsenko, and Yury Khelemsky

8. Painful Bladder Syndrome and Interstitial Cystitis in Women
Sybil G. Dessie and Eman Elkadry

9. Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome
Jason Litt, Karina Gritsenko, and Yury Khelemsky

10. Pudendal Neuralgia
Michael Hibner and Mario E. Castellanos

11. Incapacitating Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
Neeraj Rastogi, Nii- Kabu Kabutey, Gillian Lieberman, and Ducksoo Kim

12. Male Pelvic Pain
Michel A. Pontari and Emmanuel A. Ghormoz

13. Musculoskeletal Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain
Chris R. Abrecht, Lesley E. Bobb, and Assia T. Valovska

14. Pelvic Cancer Pain
Jonathan Snitzer, Yury Khelemsky, and Karina Gritsenko

15. Surgical Treatment of Pelvic Pain
Adam R. Duke and Karen Wang

16. Chronic Pelvic Pain and Psychological Disorders
Mohammed Issa and Raheel Bengali

17. The Physical Therapy Approach to Pelvic Pain: Evaluation
Lila Bartkowski- Abbate and Amy Stein

18. The Physical Therapy Approach to Pelvic Pain: Treatment
Amy Stein

19. Implantable Devices for the Treatment of Pelvic Pain
Chris R. Abrecht, Alison M. Weisheipl, and Assia T. Valovska

20. Sample Clinical Cases
Bethany Skinner, Nichole Mahnert, and Courtney S. Lim

Index

Pelvic Pain Management

Edited by Assia T. Valovska

Author Information

Assia T. Valovska is the Director of the Pelvic Pain Center at the Brigham & Women's Hospital Pain Center and an Instructor in Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Contributors:

Chris R. Abrecht, MD
Resident
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Tanya E. Anim, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Family Medicine Residency Program
University of Florida
Gainsville, Florida

Lila Bartkowski-Abbate, PT, DPT, MS, OCS, WCS, PRPC

Raheel Bengali, MD
Fellow, Interventional Pain Management
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Lesley E. Bobb, MD
Resident
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Management
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Mario Castellanos, MD

Sybil G. Dessie, MD
Division of Urogynecology
Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Adam R. Duke, MD
Fellow
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Eman Elkadry, MD
Clinical Instructor
Harvard Medical School
Fellowship Director, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of OB/GYN
Mount Auburn Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Emmanuel A. Ghormoz
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Karina Gritsenko, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Family & Social Medicine, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Ana Lucía Herrera-Betancourt, MD, FACOG
Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain Unit - Algia
Clínica Comfamiliar
Pereira, Colombia

Michael Hibner, MD

Alin Ionescu, MD
Fellow, Advanced and Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Pelvic Pain
Florida Hospital
Orlando, Florida

Mohammed Issa, MD

Nii-Kabu Kabutey, MD
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
University of California, Irvine
UC Irvine Medical Center
Irvine, California

Ducksoo Kim, MD
Professor of Radiology
Boston Univeristy School of Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Director of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology
Boston VA HealthCare
Boston, Massachusetts

Vesela Kovacheva, MD, PhD
Instructor in Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Attending Anesthesiologist
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Georgine Lamvu, MD, MPH
Division of Advanced & Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Department of Graduate Medical Education
Florida Hospital
Orlando, Florida

Gillian Lieberman, MD
Director of Radiologic Education
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Jorge Darío López-Isanoa, MD
Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain Unit - Algia
Clínica Comfamiliar
Pereira, Colombia

José Duván López-Jaramillo, MD
Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain Unit - Algia
Clínica Comfamiliar
Pereira, Colombia

Nichole Mahnert

Elmira Manoucheri

Michele L. Matthews, PharmD, CPE, BCACP
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University
Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner in Pain Management
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Adeoti Oshinowo, MD, MPH
Division of Advanced & Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Department of Graduate Medical Education
Florida Hospital
Orlando, Florida

María del Pilar Pardo-Bustamante, MD
Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain Unit - Algia
Clínica Comfamiliar
Pereira, Colombia

Mona K. Patel, MD
Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston Massachusetts

Michel A. Pontari
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Stephanie Prendergast, MPT
Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center
Los Angeles, California

Neeraj Rastogi, MD
Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Louis Saddic, MD
Department of Anesthesia
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston Massachusetts

Bethany Skinner, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Amy Stein, DPT, BCB-PMD, IF
Owner/Founder
Beyond Basics Physical Therapy, LLC
New York, New York

Richard D. Urman, MD
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Juan Diego Villegas-Echeverri, MD, FACOG
Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain Unit - Algia
Clínica Comfamiliar
Pereira, Colombia

Karen Wang

Alison M. Weisheipl, MD
Instructor in Anesthesia and Pain Management
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Pelvic Pain Management

Edited by Assia T. Valovska

Reviews and Awards

Featured in BookAuthority's list of the 39 Best Pain Management Books of All Time

"The book finishes on a useful and practical note, with a chapter of case studies. Each case study endeavours to provide a pathway for working through the clinical assessment of various presentations of pelvic pain." - Dr Meredith Craigie and Dr Susan Evans, The Australian Pain Society