Patient Reported Outcomes Following Interventional Procedures in Pelvic Pain

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-05-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We aim from this study, to determine the safety and efficacy of pulsed radiofrequency in the management of pudendal neuralgia, compared to current a standard intervention, which is corticosteroid injection for PN, as part of multidisciplinary pain management.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with chronic pain> 6 months

• Patients aged > 18years

• Patients with unilateral or bilateral regional pelvic pain withpudendal irritation diagnosed by a pain clinician and clinically indicated to undergo pudendal nerve block by a consultant experienced in the field.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known concurrent neurological or neurodegenerative disease, including those with impaired neurotransmission e.g. myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury etc

• Pelvic surgery is expected within 3 months

• Breastfeeding or pregnant women

• Known current pelvic/pelvic organ infection or malignancy (Red flags)

• Concurrent radiotherapy treatment to pelvis

• Allergy/sensitivity to lidocaine anaesthetic or/ and corticosteroids therapy

• Contraindication to receive a Pudendal nerve block eg high risk of bleeding

• Active psychiatric or mental conditions ▪ Other uncontrolled medical condition