O D Almeida1, J M Val-Gallas. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To present the technique and usefulness of conscious pain mapping. DESIGN: Prospective, observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: Gynecology departments of a university-affiliated hospital and a private community hospital. PATIENTS: Fifty consecutive women undergoing diagnostic microlaparoscopy. INTERVENTIONS: Conscious pain mapping was performed in all 50 women. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Conscious pain mapping helped to identify foci of chronic pelvic pain. The appendix and pelvic adhesions accounted for a significant amount of pelvic pain in these women. CONCLUSIONS: Conscious pain mapping helps to uncover sites of pelvic pain that might not be identified during traditional laparoscopy under general anesthesia.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To present the technique and usefulness of conscious pain mapping. DESIGN: Prospective, observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: Gynecology departments of a university-affiliated hospital and a private community hospital. PATIENTS: Fifty consecutive women undergoing diagnostic microlaparoscopy. INTERVENTIONS: Conscious pain mapping was performed in all 50 women. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Conscious pain mapping helped to identify foci of chronic pelvic pain. The appendix and pelvic adhesions accounted for a significant amount of pelvic pain in these women. CONCLUSIONS: Conscious pain mapping helps to uncover sites of pelvic pain that might not be identified during traditional laparoscopy under general anesthesia.
Authors: Christoph Brochhausen; Volker H Schmitt; Constanze N E Planck; Taufiek K Rajab; David Hollemann; Christine Tapprich; Bernhard Krämer; Christian Wallwiener; Helmut Hierlemann; Rolf Zehbe; Heinrich Planck; C James Kirkpatrick Journal: J Gastrointest Surg Date: 2012-06 Impact factor: 3.452
Authors: Christoph Brochhausen; Volker H Schmitt; Taufiek K Rajab; Constanze N E Planck; Bernhard Krämer; Christine Tapprich; Markus Wallwiener; Helmut Hierlemann; Heinrich Planck; C James Kirkpatrick Journal: J Mater Sci Mater Med Date: 2012-05-10 Impact factor: 3.896