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ReviewObstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America2022

Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women: Incorporating Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions in Assessment and Management.

Sara R Till, Reina Nakamura, Andrew Schrepf, Sawsan As-Sanie

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In one paragraph

Review in Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Management of Gynaecological Chronic Pelvic Pain in the Emergency Setting- A Scoping Review.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026
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  12. The Centralized Pain Score: A Method to Identify Nociplastic Pain in Electronic Health Records.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2026
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  16. Developing the FIGO-IPPS "R U MOVVING SOMe" classification system for female chronic pelvic pain.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sara R TillDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: tillsa@med.umich.edu.
Reina NakamuraDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, 325 East Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA.
Andrew SchrepfDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Sawsan As-SanieDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Peripheral and Central Nervous System Correlates of Persistent Post-Hysterectomy PainR01HD088712 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI AS-SANIE, SAWSAN, CLAUW, DANIEL J · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
An Intervention for Chronic Pelvic PainK23HD099283 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI TILL, SARA R · 2020 to 2024
$837k
Quantitative Point-of-Care Autonomic and Sensory Measurement System for Next-Generation Pain ManagementR43DA046981 · NIDA · ARBOR MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC · PI KRUGER, GRANT H · 2018 to 2019
$275k
NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD099283NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD088712NIDA NIH HHS R43 DA046981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is multifactorial in etiology and heterogeneous in presentation. Identification of all pain contributors is essential for successful management. Chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs) are a specified group of chronic pain conditions that commonly co-occur in patients. We briefly review individual COPCs and highlight risk factors and mechanisms that appear to be applicable across COPCs. We review evaluation and communication strategies that may help establish a productive therapeutic relationship between clinicians and patients. Management should include treatment of peripheral pain generators as well as co-occurring psychological conditions and central sensitization when present.

Indexed as

Chronic PainChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansPelvic PainCentral sensitizationEndometriosisPelvic myofascial painVulvodynia

Identifiers

PMID35636805
PMCPMC9297339
OpenAlexW4281685291

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