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Chronic Pelvic Pain: Pudendal Neuralgia and Therapeutic Neural Blockade

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When it comes to sources of chronic pelvic pain, the list is voluminous and comes from many angles. However, neuro-inflammatory causes of pelvic pain are among the rarest. Nevertheless, if one examines the emerging disciplines that encompass neuromuscular pelvic floor disorders, then the painful clinical syndrome that evolves from inflammation along the course of the pudendal nerve is becoming very significant and will be discussed at length below. The precise etiology of pudendal neuralgia is coming under question.

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  1. Department of Geriatric Pelvic Medicine and Neurourology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Rupinder Singh

  2. Pain Management Services, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Edward T. Soriano

  3. Division of Pelvic NeuroScience, Department of Surgery, The Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, 2401 W. Belvedere Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA

    David A. Gordon

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  1. Division of Pelvic NeuroScience, Department of Surgery, The Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    David A. Gordon

  2. Sinai Center for Geriatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Mark R. Katlic

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Singh, R., Soriano, E.T., Gordon, D.A. (2017). Chronic Pelvic Pain: Pudendal Neuralgia and Therapeutic Neural Blockade. In: Gordon, D., Katlic, M. (eds) Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6554-0_19

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