Editorial

The endeavor to promote research, education and the clinical management of chronic pelvic pain continues

• ADI Y. WEINTRAUB
• PETER P. PETROS

Conservative management of pelvic pain and dysfunction

• Marek Jantos

Dedicated to Professor Heinrich Martius, pioneer in the ligamentous origin of chronic pelvic pain in the female

• ADI Y. WEINTRAUB
• PETER P. PETROS

Original Article

Role of uterosacral ligaments in the causation and cure of chronic pelvic pain syndrome

• KLAUS GOESCHEN

Laparoscopic approach to intrapelvic nerve entrapments

• NUCELIO LEMOS
• KINSHUK KUMAR
• CHRISTINE PLÖGER-SCHOR
• PHILIP PENG
• ALLAN GORDON

TVTPain reduction after anti-incontinence operation with a shortened sub-mid urethral sling implant and medial needle trajectory

• REUT GILAD
• MENAHEM NEUMAN
• JACOB BORNSTEIN

Treatment of chronic pelvic pain with Fascial Manipulation®

• ANDREA PASINI
• MARIA MARTINA SFRISO
• CARLA STECCO

Mapping chronic urogenital pain in women: review and rationale for a muscle assessment protocol - Part 1

• MAREK JANTOS
• SHERIE JOHNS
• ANNA TORRES
• EWA BASZAK-RADOMANSKA

Mapping chronic urogenital pain in women: insights into mechanisms and management of pain based on the IMAP Part 2

• MAREK JANTOS
• SHERIE JOHNS
• ANNA TORRES
• EWA BASZAK-RADOMANSKA

Pelvic trauma and pudendal syndrome (post-traumatic pudendal syndrome)

• JACQUES BECO
• STANLEY ANTOLAK
• LAURENCE SEIDEL
• ADELIN ALBERT

TFS posterior sling improves overactive bladder, pelvic pain and abnormal emptying, even with minor prolapse. A prospective urodynamic study

• PETER PETROS
• PETER A. RICHARDSON

Chronic pelvic pain and pelvic organ prolapse: a consequence of upright position?

• KLAUS GOESCHEN
• BERNHARD LIEDL

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome in women. Review and preliminary results with low-energy extracorporeal shock wave therapy

• ANDREA MENEGHINI
• MONICA TREVISAN
• EFTHYMIA LAMPROPOULOU
• NICOLA MENEGHINI

Interstitial cystitis (painful bladder syndrome) may, in some cases, be a referred pain from the uterosacral ligaments

• PETER PETROS

A new method to evaluate the part of stress in pain: injection of dextrose 5% (neural prolotherapy) on acupuncture points corresponding to the stellate, coeliac and mesenteric ganglions. A pilot study

• JACQUES BECO
• JACK MOUCHEL
• LAURENCE SEIDEL
• ADELIN ALBERT

Pelvic floor related quality of life after vaginal mesh implantation. Secondary endpoint of a prospective randomized trial

• JULIANE FARTHMANN
• BORIS GABRIEL
• ACHIM NIESEL
• CHRISTIAN FÜNFGELD
• ALFONS KRAUS
• FLORIAN LENZ
• HANS-JOERG AUGENSTEIN
• ERIKA GRAF
• DIRK WATERMANN

Posterior Fornix Syndrome: Comparison of original (2004) and modified (2015) post-PIVS anatomic and symptomatic resultsa personal journey

• KLAUS GOESCHEN

Surgical cure of nocturia using 4 different methods based on strengthening the structural supports of the vaginal apex - a short review

• PETER RICHARDSON

A prospective randomized case-control study of amitriptyline and pregabalin for bladder pain syndrome

• YUKI SEKIGUCHI
• YOSHIKO MAEDA
• YOKO AZEKOSHI
• MANAMI KINJO
• AKIKO FUJISAKI
• RYOKO NAKAMURA
• MASAHIRO YAO

Efficacy of brief hypnosis as a pain relief method in episiotomy repair

• SHOLE VATANPARAST
• SHAHNAZ SHEKARFOROUSH

Study No. 11: Ligamentous repair using the Tissue Fixation System confirms a causal link between damaged suspensory ligaments and urinary and fecal incontinence

• BURGHARD ABENDSTEIN
• PETER PETROS
• PETER RICHARDSON

Prostato-sacral Ligament, description of a new anatomy in males, its clinical significance and anatomic similarity to female anatomy

• AHMED FARAG
• SAHAR EMM NASR
• MOHAMED YEHIA ELBARMELGI
• AMAL A. FARAG
• PETER PETROS

Magnetic resonance imaging of pudendal nerve: technique and results

• VITTORIO PILONI
• MATTIA BERGAMASCO
• ANDREA CHIAPPERIN
• MATTEO MAZZUCCO
• TOMMASO FELICI
• JESSICA ANDREATINI
• NOEMI NUCERA
• ELENA FREDDI

Review

The consensus terminology of persistent vulvar pain and vulvodynia

• JACOB BORNSTEIN

A practical update on functional and dysfunctional anatomy of the female pelvic floor - Part 1 Function

• YUKI SEKIGUCHI
• HIROMI INOUE
• RYOKO NAKAMURA

A practical update on functional and dysfunctional anatomy of the female pelvic floor - Part 2 Dysfunction

• YUKI SEKIGUCHI
• HIROMI INOUE
• RYOKO NAKAMURA

Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in Urology - An overview of current and emerging uses

• AYESHA KARUNATILLAKE
• THOMAS R JARVIS
• VINCENT TSE
• PREM RASHID

Understanding Chronic Pelvic Pain

• MAREK JANTOS

Provoked vulvodynia: A peripheral neurological pain syndrome

• JACOB BORNSTEIN
• EILAM PALZUR

Evaluation of the effectiveness of rehabilitation treatment in patients with chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review

• CHIARA POTENTE
• DONATELLA GIRAUDO
• GIOVANNI PALLESCHI
• GIANFRANCO LAMBERTI

Pelvic floor exercises according to the Integral Theory - strengthening the 3 directional muscle forces improves chronic pelvic pain, bladder & bowel dysfunctions

• PATRICIA M. SKILLING MB ChB

A 20 year experience of microsurgical removal of the Bartholin’s glands for refractory vulvodynia

• RICHARD I. REID

Treatment of vaginismus by hypnotic psychotherapy. Review

• ANDREA AMBROSETTI

Chronic pelvic pain and uterosacral ligaments: a systematic review

• DIANA BADIU
• TRAIAN ENACHE
• ELVIRA BRATILA

Chronic pelvic pain and uterosacral ligaments: a systematic review

• DIANA BADIU
• TRAIAN ENACHE
• ELVIRA BRATILA

FOWLER’S SYNDROME: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT’S NOT

• MICHAEL SWASH
• PETER PETROS

How well recognized is the Integral Theory?

• DERYA KILIC
• TOLGA GULER
• AKIN SIVASLIOGLU

Testing the logical consistency of the Integral Theory System in a non-selected group of original articles from the November 2012 International Urogynecology Journal

• BERNARD LIEDL
• FLORIAN WAGENLEHNER

Provoked vulvodynia: diagnosis of perplexing pain condition

• JACOB BORNSTEIN
• PETER PETROS
• SANDY BORNSTEIN

Systematic Review

Fowler’s syndrome and posterior fornix syndrome play a similar dysfunction. A systematic review

• DIANA BADIU
• ELVIRA BRATILA

Original Article

Age related comorbidities in chronic urogenital pain

• SHERIE JOHNS
• MAREK JANTOS
• EWA BASZAK-RADOMAŃSKA
• SONYA GALENSON

A critical review of TFS ligament repair. Part 3: The role of ligaments in the control of bladder, bowel and pain symptoms

• DARREN M GOLD
• DAVID ENDE

Chronic pelvic pain associated with pelvic vein incompetence

• LIANA PLES
• ADINA TEODORA CORBU
• DENISA OANA BALALAU
• OMINA MARINA SIMA
• OCTAVIAN GABRIEL OLARU
• ANCA DANIELA STANESCU