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.

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.
CONTENTS
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

AUTOR
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.