Main description:

This text is designed for those clinicians who feel comfortable diagnosing these illnesses and wish to enhance their knowledge base and skill set regarding treatment options. Referrals for pelvic pain are common in urological and gynaecological practice; and may lead to varied diagnoses such as interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome, chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, pelvic floor dysfunction, chronic orchialgia, and vulvodynia. To make matters more complex, each of these conditions is frequently associated by co-morbidities. The text is unique in being organized by the multiple and multifaceted therapies that are available, rather than by specific disorders. The text is richly illustrated with multiple diagrams, figures, and tables, making it the "go to" and "how to" reference for patient treatment.

Contents:

01 The Evolution of Therapy for Chronic Pelvic Pain

Jane Meijlink

02 Phytotherapy in Chronic Pelvic Pain

Samuel C. Haywood, Daniel A. Shoskes

03 Practical Psychosocial Management of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes

Dean A. Tripp, Abi Muere, J. Curtis Nickel

04 The Role of Acupuncture in the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain

Sandeep Gurram, Amin S. Herati, Bruce R. Gilbert

05 Diet Therapy in the Context of Chronic Pelvic Pain

Barbara Shorter

06 Management of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome with Tricyclic Antidepressants

H. Henry Lai

07 Neuroleptic Agents for Chronic Pelvic Pain

Rachel Frank Schnall, Michel A. Pontari

08 Anti-allergic Compounds in Chronic Pelvic Pain

Theoharis C. Theoharides, Julia M. Stewart

09 Opioids and Related Medications

Timothy J. Atkinson, Jeffrey Fudin

10 Hormonal Therapy for Pelvic Pain

Alexandra King, Sonia Bahlani

11 Non-Surgical Management of Vulvar Pain

Jennifer Yoniatis Fariello, Elizabeth Kusturiss, Susan Kellogg-Spadt

12 Immunomodulators for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome

Deborah R. Erickson, Eric M. Blalock

13 Other Oral Agents for Chronic Pelvic Pain

Christopher Dru, Jennifer T. Anger

14 Nerve Blocks

Andrew Baranowski, Luke Mordecai

15 Intravesical Therapy for Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis: Dimethyl Sulfoxide

Dena Moskowitz, Gamal Ghoniem

16 Bladder Surface Mucin Analogues

Maryse Larouche, Joel MH Teichman

17 Intravesical Lidocaine in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome

Nicole Golda, J. Curtis Nickel

18 Endoscopic Procedures for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome

Sandeep Gurram, Robert M. Moldwin

19 Botulinum Toxin Endoscopic Injection for Pelvic Pain

20 Cystectomy/Supravesical Diversion for Interstitial Cystitis

Jorgen Nordling

21 Neuromodulation

Priyanka Gupta, Chirag N. Dave, Kenneth M. Peters

22 Surgery for Vulvovaginal Pain Disorders and Dyspareunia

Traci Ito, Gaby Moawad, Andrew Goldstein

23 Therapy for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome and Other Forms of Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy

Peter Van Eerden, Saila Moni

24 The Surgical Management of Scrotal Pain

Michael P. Hoeh, Laurence A. Levine

25 Advanced Practice Nursing Care for the Pelvic Pain Patient

M. Ruzimovsky, K. Donlon

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26 Innovative Intravesical Therapies

Austin G. Hester, Robert Evans

27 The Changing Role of Organized Patient Support for the Chronic Pelvic Pain Patient

Jane M. Meijlink