Browne Hyacinth N, Sherry Richard, Stratton Pamela
Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1109, USA.
Fertil Steril. 2008 Apr;89(4):962-3. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1381. Epub 2007 Sep 19.
Recurrent chronic pelvic pain should prompt physicians to reassess the patient. The threshold to perform laparoscopy, and to consider and surgically treat all potential disease associated with pain, even non-gynecologic etiologies, should be low, especially in those whose pain is focal or unresponsive to hormone therapy.