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Surgery for Chronic Pelvic Pain
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Surgery for chronic female pelvic pain should be limited to the treatment of surgically correctable problems. There is no evidence that surgical removal of the reproductive organs relieves chronic pelvic pain.Reference 1
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: October 30, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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