BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A double-blind randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation for women with chronic pelvic pain.
To determine the effectiveness of laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation (LUNA) for chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis and women with no laparoscopic evidence of endometriosis. ⋯ LUNA is effective for dysmenorrhoea in the absence of endometriosis, although there is no evidence of effectiveness of LUNA for non-dysmenorrhoeic chronic pelvic pain or for any type of chronic pelvic pain related to endometriosis.