GU-ITIS is a compilation of expert creativity and opinion based upon critical review of the literature, consensus reports and the author’s professional experience. Inflammation and pain caused by infectious etiologies are presented by experts in urological and gastrointestinal fields. Pain syndromes specific to the pelvic floor or genitourinary system are discussed from several perspectives. The book also includes chapters addressing iatrogenic causes of GU inflammation. Management by means of pharmacological, surgical or alternative methods are likewise presented within the context of specific disease entities, as well as separate therapeutic chapters.

Genitourinary Pain and Inflammation: Diagnosis and Management is a compilation of expert creativity and opinion based on critical review of the literature, consensus reports, and the authors’ professional experiences. Inflammation and pain caused by infectious etiologies are presented by experts in urological and gastrointestinal fields. Pain syndromes specific to the pelvic floor or genitourinary system are discussed from several perspectives: gynecology, rheumatology, urology, physical medicine, and psychiatry. We also include chapters addressing iatrogenic causes of GU inflammation, such as those caused by catheters, prosthetics, radiation, or chemotherapy. Management by means of pharmacological, surgical, or alternative methods is likewise considered within the context of specific disease entities, as well as within the separate therapeutic chapters.

In this era of evidence-based medicine, authors needed to confront the ironic lack of level 1 studies in their respective fields. Indeed, the very nature of genitourinary pain may hinder this type of research, which is otherwise feasible for other diseases in which inclusion criteria and outcome measures are defined more objectively. This observation is both the reason and the inspiration for this textbook, the first of its kind

Contents

۱ The Neurobiology of Chronic Pelvic Pain
۲ Acute and Chronic Flank Pain
۳ Pudendal Neuralgia: Pudendal Nerve Entrapment, Alcock Canal Syndrome, and Pudendal Canal Syndrome
۴ Dermatological Diseases Affecting the Genitourinary System
۵ Sexually Transmitted Infections
۶ Bacterial Cystitis: Acute and Chronic
۷ Anorectal Pain: What is the Cause and How Should it be Managed?
۸ Gastroenterological Causes of Pelvic Pain
۹ Genitourinary Pain and Inflammation in Rheumatic Diseases
۱۰ Testicular Pain: Acute and Chronic
۱۱ Bacterial Prostatitis
۱۲ Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
۱۳ Post Vasectomy Pain Syndrome
۱۴ Converging Perspectives in the Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Symptoms
۱۵ The Stanford Protocol for Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes
۱۶ Interstitial Cystitis
۱۷ Vulvodynia
۱۸ Evaluation and Management of Disorders of the Female Urethra
۱۹ Psychosocial Considerations in Female Genitourinary Pain
۲۰ CP/CPPS Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Evaluation and Treatment
۲۱ Pharmacological Treatment of Pelvic Pain
۲۲ Complementary Therapies for Genitourinary Pain
۲۳ Rectourethral Fistulae
۲۴ Hemorrhagic and Radiation Cystitis
۲۵ Infections Due to Anti-Incontinence Devices/Grafts/Slings
۲۶ Indwelling Urinary Catheters: Infection and Complications
۲۷ Pain and Inflammation Associated with Genitourinary Prostheses