Pelvic congestion syndrome-associated pelvic pain: a systematic review of diagnosis and managementFrank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NorthShore University Healthsystem, Chicago, IL, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 65:332-40. 2010
..Estimate the relative severity of pelvic congestion in women using current venographic criteria. Choose between different diagnostic methods for characterizing pelvic venous blood flow and anatomy in women presenting with pelvic pain...
- Route of hysterectomy influence and teaching hospital status
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Research and Education, NorthShore University Healthsystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Obstet Gynecol 114:73-8. 2009
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether teaching hospitals are more likely to perform abdominal (laparotomy) compared with nonabdominal (vaginal, laparoscopic) hysterectomies for benign indications...
- Vaginal pressure-pain thresholds: initial validation and reliability assessment in healthy women
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Feinberg School of Medicine and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Clin J Pain 24:45-50. 2008
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Prevalence of pelvic musculoskeletal disorders in a female chronic pelvic pain clinicFrank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
J Reprod Med 51:185-9. 2006
..To determine the prevalence of 2 musculoskeletal pain disorders among women presenting to a referral chronic pelvic pain clinic...
- Musculoskeletal causes of chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review of existing therapies: part II
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 60:474-83. 2005
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- Physical therapy evaluation of patients with chronic pelvic pain: a controlled study
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:272.e1-7. 2008
..The purpose of this study was to determine the relative frequency of positive musculoskeletal exam findings between patients with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and healthy control subjects...
- Pelvic floor muscle examination in female chronic pelvic pain
Colleen M Fitzgerald
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
J Reprod Med 56:117-22. 2011
..To determine if women with self-reported chronic pelvic pain (CPP) were more likely to have positive findings on two vaginal pelvic floor muscle (PFM) tests compared to women without CPP when the examiner was blinded to pain status...
- Outpatient laparoscopy for abdominal and pelvic pain in the United States 1994 through 1996
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, IL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:699-703. 2006
..The southern portion of the country contributes a disproportionate share of the reported procedures. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic surgical evaluation of female pelvic or abdominal pain occurs frequently in the US health care system...
Gynecologic management of neuropathic painFrank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NorthShore University Healthsystem, Evanston, IL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 205:435-43. 2011
..In the meantime, an approach that was adopted from guidelines of the International Association for the Study of Pain has been tailored for gynecologic pain...
- Does physician benchmarking improve performance of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy?
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
South Med J 98:883-7. 2005
..Benchmarking techniques were implemented to optimize operating time and charges associated with laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH)...
- Comparative measurement of pelvic floor pain sensitivity in chronic pelvic pain
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obstet Gynecol 110:1244-8. 2007
..The present study was undertaken to estimate pelvic floor and vaginal pressure-pain detection thresholds both in women with pelvic pain and healthy women...
- Somatization and psychological distress among women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome
Denniz Zolnoun
Division of Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7570, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 103:38-43. 2008
..To investigate the distribution of psychological characteristics and pain reporting among women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS)...
- Profile of outpatient hysteroscopy in the United States from 1994 to 1996
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois, USA
J Reprod Med 53:935-40. 2008
..To estimate use of hysteroscopic surgery for evaluating genital tract bleeding and related disorders...
- Musculoskeletal causes of chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review of diagnosis: part I
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 60:379-85. 2005
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- Miniaturizing the laparoscope: current applications of micro- and minilaparoscopy
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 100:94-8. 2008
..Although the robustness and durability of the smaller instruments is an area of concern, a thorough understanding of the clinical advantages and disadvantages has the potential to improve patient outcomes...
- Preoperative ultrasound to predict infraumbilical adhesions: a study of diagnostic accuracy
Frank F Tu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:74-9. 2005
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