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Conscious pain mapping1

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Abstract

Study Objective. To present the technique and usefulness of conscious pain mapping.

Design. Prospective, observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting. Gynecology departments of a university-affiliated hospital and a private community hospital.

Patients. Fifty consecutive women undergoing diagnostic microlaparoscopy.

Interventions. Conscious pain mapping was performed in all 50 women.

Measurements and Main Results. Conscious pain mapping helped to identify foci of chronic pelvic pain. The appendix and pelvic adhesions accounted for a significant amount of pelvic pain in these women.

Conclusions. Conscious pain mapping helps to uncover sites of pelvic pain that might not be identified during traditional laparoscopy under general anesthesia.

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Presented at the district seventh annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16–20, 1996.

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