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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-30
pubmed:abstractText
Laparoscopic findings are negative in anywhere from 10% to 90% of women with chronic pelvic pain. When this occurs a woman is often told one or more of the following: (1) nothing is wrong; (2) the pain is in her head and she should see a psychiatrist; (3) she should have a neurolytic procedure, such as uterine nerve transection or presacral neurectomy; (4) the only thing that is left to do is a hysterectomy; or (5) nothing can be done and she must learn to live with the pain. Usually these statements are inappropriate, often stemming from the mistaken belief that laparoscopy represents the definitive diagnostic end point in the evaluation of a woman with chronic pelvic pain. It is important that gynecologists appreciate that laparoscopy is only one of many possible methods of evaluation and recognize its diagnostic limitations and pitfalls.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1074-3804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of laparoscopy in the evaluation of chronic pelvic pain: pitfalls with a negative laparoscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rochester General Hospital, 1425 Portland Avenue, Rochester, NY 14621, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article