Chronic Pelvic Pain

Scope of the problem; basic philosophy of the integrated approach - overcoming the mind-body split; sexual and physical abuse and chronic pelvic pain; one patient's experience; basic pelvic neuroanatomy; history; physical examination; pain intensity, psychiatric diagnoses and psychosocial factors - assessment rationale and procedures; sexual dysfunction; pelvic pain in the adolescent; diagnostic studies; laparoscopy in the diagnosis; adhesions and pelvic pain; an integrated approach to the management of endometriosis; pain after hysterectomy; miscellaneous causes of pelvic pain; pelvic congestion; nerve cutting procedures for pelvic pain; uterine suspension; vulvar vestibulitis; vulvodynia; bladder and urethral syndromes; gastrointestinal disorders; musculoskeletal problems; neuropathic pain; myofascial syndromes; psychiatric illness; general principles of pain management; taking care of patients - the caregivers perspective; pain medicine and the role of neurologic blockade in evaluation; research directions; general surgical aspects; microlaparoscopy.