© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Leonardo Kapural (ed.)Chronic Abdominal Pain10.1007/978-1-4939-1992-5_10 10. Chronic Abdominal Pain of Gynecologic Causes: Diagnosis and Treatment Miya P. Yamamoto1 , Jorge F. Carillo2 and Fred M. Howard3 (1) Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic…
Symptoms Diagnosis Umbilical pain Organic problem the further, the pain originates from umbilicus Early satiety, nausea, sour breath, belching Peptic origin Crampy pain and/or bloating and/or intestinal gas related to…
Fig. 8.1 Proposal for algorithm of therapeutic decision making in the treatment of chronic pain due to postsurgical intra-abdominal adhesions Role of Tests in Defining Visceral Pain Carnett’s Test The…
Causes Common symptoms Diabetes mellitus Nausea, early satiety, epigastric pain Idiopathic Epigastric pain, fullness, nausea, and vomiting Postsurgical Upper abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting Ischemic Post-prandial abdominal pain or discomfort, nausea,…
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