Abstract

CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN

Dr. Sinan Adnan Alkaban*, Dr. Azhar Safaa Alwardi, Dr. Rabia Adnan Alkaban

ABSTRACT

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) refers to pain of at least six months' duration that occurs below the umbilicus and is severe enough to cause functional disability or require treatment. In the United States, this problem accounts for approximately 10 percent of all ambulatory referrals to a gynecologist and is a common indication for diagnostic and therapeutic surgery.[1] It is considered the principal indication for approximately 20 percent of hysterectomies performed for benign disease and at least 40 percent of gynecological laparoscopies.[2,3]

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