Role of interventional pain management in patients with chronic pelvic pain

Jamal Hasoon; Ivan Urits; Vwaire Orhurhu; Omar Viswanath; Musa Aner

doi:10.1080/08998280.2020.1767462

Role of interventional pain management in patients with chronic pelvic pain

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2020 May 29;33(3):467-468. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2020.1767462. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

Jamal Hasoon¹, Ivan Urits¹, Vwaire Orhurhu², Omar Viswanath^{3

4

5}, Musa Aner¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusetts.
³ Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, Envision Physician ServicesPhoenixArizona.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-PhoenixPhoenixArizona.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Creighton University School of MedicineOmahaNebraska.

Abstract

Patients with chronic pelvic pain are often referred to a variety of specialists in gynecology, urology, and gastroenterology with the hope of finding a diagnosis and treatment. We describe a 51-year-old woman with long-standing chronic pelvic pain secondary to endometriosis who was successfully treated with superior hypogastric plexus blocks. Physicians should consider referring patients to interventional pain specialists for assistance with pain control after thorough diagnostic evaluation.

Keywords: Chronic pelvic; interventional pain management; pain; superior hypogastric plexus block pain.

Publication types

Case Reports