RT Book, Section
A1 Chowdhury, Susanti
A1 Gray, Gail
A1 Trescot, Andrea
A2 Diwan, Sudhir
A2 Staats, Peter S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107199662
T1 Pudendal Nerve Block
T2 Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071738767
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107199662
RD 2024/04/18
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.