Neuralgic pain caused by entrapment of peripheral nerves is an often overlooked cause of chronic pelvic pain. The objective of the present study was to assess pain and quality of life in women with pain caused by entrapment of the ilioinguinal nerve, iatrogenic after surgery but also found without previous surgery. In a controlled prospective cross-over study 19 women were randomized either to medical treatment or to resection of the nerve. Statistically significant improvements were found after surgical resection.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
19
For amitryptiline starting dose 20-30 mg at night, increasing until clinical effect. For gabapentin was the initial dose 300 mg tid with rapid increases up to 800 mg tid.
In general anaesthesia the nerve was identified and resected as central as possible
Dept Obstetrics&Gynecology/East Hospital
Gothenburg, Sweden
Improvements in pain according to Visual Analogue Scales. Improvements in quality of life according to Psychological General Well-Being-scales.
Time frame: At least one year after intervention,in some cases more then five years.
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