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GuidelineTechniques in coloproctology2024

Evaluation and management of chronic anorectal and pelvic pain syndromes: Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR) position statement.

C Menconi, F Marino, C Bottini, G La Greca, C Gozzo, L Losacco, D Carlucci, L Navarra, J Martellucci

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Guideline in Techniques in coloproctology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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C MenconiProctology and Pelvic Floor Clinical Centre, Cisanello University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2038-653X
F MarinoASL Bari, DSS 3, Bitonto, Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7535-436X
C BottiniGeneral Surgery Unit, Materdomini Humanitas Clinical Institute, Castellanza, Varese, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-3271-3726
G La GrecaColoproctology and Pelvic Floor Unit, IRCSS Policlinico San Donato Hospital, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8837-0716
C GozzoRadiology Department, Catanese Humanitas Clinical Institute, Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8997-6605
L LosaccoSurgical Department, Auls 5 Polesana, Rovigo Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6893-1923
D CarlucciNeuroscience Department, Auls 5 Polesana, Rovigo Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-2895-8657
L NavarraSurgical Department, AUSL Pescara, Popoli Hospital General Surgery, Pescara, Italy.
J MartellucciEmergency Surgery, Pelvic Floor Unit, Careggi University Hospital, largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy. jamjac64@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7437-9098

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pelvic pain is a hidden issue which needs to involve many different usually uncoordinated specialists. For this reason there is a risk that treatments, in the absence of well-defined pathways, common goals, and terminology, may be poorly effective. The aim of the present paper is to summarize the evidence on anorectal pelvic pain, offering useful evidence-based practice parameters for colorectal surgeons' daily activity. Analysis of chronic anorectal and pelvic pain syndromes, the diagnostic and clinical optimal needs for evaluation, and the innumerable low evidence treatments and therapeutic options currently available suggests that a multimodal individualized management of pain may be the most promising approach. The limited availability of dedicated centers still negatively affects the applicability of these principles.

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Chronic PainColorectal SurgeryPelvic PainAnal CanalHumansItalyPain ManagementRectal DiseasesSocieties, MedicalSyndromeAnal painChronic anorectal pelvic painItalian Society Colorectal SurgeryLevator ani syndromePelvic painPerineal painProctalgiaSICCR

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