Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galilee Medical Center and Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Nahariya, Israel.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2019 Apr;23(2):161-163. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000461.
Three scientific societies, the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the International Society for the Study of Women Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) developed the "2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia" (referred to as the "2015 consensus terminology").The terminology included 11 descriptors of vulvodynia. However, the definitions of the descriptors were not included in the 2015 consensus terminology publications. The objective of this article was to provide these definitions.
The ISSVD led a discussion on the definitions for the 11 vulvodynia descriptors, with participation from the ISSWSH and IPPS. The definitions were created through a consensus process.
The definitions are described and the rationale for their choice is elucidated.
The definitions of vulvodynia descriptors were determined by a multistaged process of discussion among health care providers with expertise in the pathophysiology, evaluation, and treatment of vulvodynia. The definitions were approved by the ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS. It is recommended that these definitions of vulvodynia descriptors as well as the 2015 consensus terminology be used for the classification of vulvodynia.
三个科学学会，即国际外阴阴道疾病研究学会（ISSVD）、国际女性性健康研究学会（ISSWSH）和国际盆腔疼痛学会（IPPS），制定了“2015 ISSVD、ISSWSH 和 IPPS 持续性外阴疼痛和外阴痛综合征的共识术语和分类”（简称“2015 共识术语”）。该术语包括外阴痛综合征的 11 个描述符。然而，这些描述符的定义并未包含在 2015 年共识术语出版物中。本文的目的是提供这些定义。
ISSVD 主导了关于 11 个外阴痛综合征描述符定义的讨论，ISSWSH 和 IPPS 参与其中。这些定义是通过共识过程创建的。
描述了这些定义，并阐述了选择这些定义的理由。
外阴痛综合征描述符的定义是通过对具有外阴痛综合征病理生理学、评估和治疗专业知识的医疗保健提供者进行多阶段讨论确定的。这些定义得到了 ISSVD、ISSWSH 和 IPPS 的批准。建议使用这些外阴痛综合征描述符的定义以及 2015 年共识术语来对外阴痛综合征进行分类。
