Chronic pelvic pain syndrome/bladder pain syndrome: taking stock, looking ahead: ICI-RS 2011

Neurourol Urodyn. 2012 Mar;31(3):375-83. doi: 10.1002/nau.22202. Epub 2012 Mar 13.

Abstract

This review reflects the presentations and subsequent discussions at the International consultation on Incontinence Research Society's annual meeting. It updates the current definitions and diagnostic and treatment algorithms for bladder pain syndrome and chronic pelvic pain syndrome (non-bacterial prostatitis), highlights some specific basic research findings from discussion participants, looks at what we can hope to eventually learn from a large multicenter National Institutes of Health study, reviews future research pathways as articulated by the National Urologic Research Agenda of the American Urological Association and others, discusses recent therapeutic efforts, and concludes with discussion points from the ICI-RS meeting.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chronic Pain* / classification
  • Chronic Pain* / diagnosis
  • Chronic Pain* / therapy
  • Cystitis, Interstitial* / classification
  • Cystitis, Interstitial* / diagnosis
  • Cystitis, Interstitial* / therapy
  • Diagnostic Techniques, Urological
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pelvic Pain* / classification
  • Pelvic Pain* / diagnosis
  • Pelvic Pain* / therapy
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Terminology as Topic