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Terapêutica multimodal do vaginismo: abordagem inovadora por meio de infiltração de pontos gatilho e radiofrequência pulsada do nervo pudendo
Author(s) -
Joana Carvalho,
Luís Agualusa,
Luísa Manuela Ribeiro Moreira,
Joana Catarina Monteiro da Costa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
brazilian journal of anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.307
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1806-907X
pISSN - 0034-7094
DOI - 10.1016/j.bjan.2014.10.005
Subject(s) - vaginismus , medicine , pelvic floor , gynecology , psychology , sexual dysfunction , surgery
Vaginismus is a poorly understood disorder, characterized by an involuntary muscular spasm of the pelvic floor muscles and outer third of the vagina during intercourse attempt, which results in aversion to penetration. It is reported to affect 1-7% of women worldwide. With this report the authors aim to describe the case of a young patient with vaginismus in whom techniques usually from the chronic pain domain were used as part of her multimodal therapeutic regimen.

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