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Abstract
UNLABELLED: Chronic perineal pain is often a difficult condition to manage. Current treatments include pudendal nerve injections and pudendal nerve release surgery. The obturator internus muscle has a close relationship to the pudendal nerve and might be a potential target for therapeutic intervention. PERSPECTIVE: A case is presented of refractory perineal pain that was successfully treated by injecting the obturator internus muscle with botulinum toxin A.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15890635 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2005.01.353
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pain ISSN: 1526-5900 Impact factor: 5.820