J Reprod Med. 1987 May; 32(5): 323-7.

The pain management approach to chronic pelvic pain.

Rapkin AJ, Kames LD.

Chronic pelvic pain remains a difficult management problem that is often refractory to traditional medical or surgical therapy. The pain management center approach used successfully for the treatment of cancer pain and headache can be adapted to the treatment of chronic pelvic pain. The results of this pilot study suggest that the multidisciplinary techniques of pain management promise to be an effective modality for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain.