TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pudendal Nerve Block
A1  - Chowdhury, Susanti
A1  - Gray, Gail
A1  - Trescot, Andrea
A2  - Diwan, Sudhir
A2  - Staats, Peter S.
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 
T2  - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures
AB  - Pudendal  pain  can  often  be  difficult  to  diagnose  and  harder  to  treat.  The  majority  of  patients  suffering  from  this  malady  are  female;  chronic  pelvic  pain  affects  approximately  1  in  7  women.1  Frequently,  they  have  been  to  various  doctors  with  a  complaint  of  chronic  perineal  pain  that  may  be  localized  to  the  rectum,  anus,  urethra,  or  genitalia.  This  usually  causes  them  multiple  diagnoses  and  treatment  without  resolution  of  symptoms.  For  years,  patients  with  chronic  neuropathic  perineal  pain  were  assigned  a  “psychosomatic  vulvovaginitis”  diagnosis  by  exasperated  physicians.2  Finally,  this  elusive  presentation  has  been  recognized  to  have  a  valid  biomechanical  and  a  neuropathic  basis  that  allow  multiple  modalities  for  its  treatment.  Current  treatments  can  improve  a  patient’s  quality  of  life,  and  research  continues  to  improve  outcomes.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107199662
ER  -