Clinical Effectiveness of Obturator Externus Muscle Injection in Chronic Pelvic Pain Patients

Yonsei University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pelvic Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01802528

4-2012-0924

Details and patient eligibility

About

Obturator externus (OE) muscle has the possibility as a pain generator, considering its anatomical and functional aspects, but this muscle as a possible target for therapeutic intervention is currently understudied in pain practice.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1. 20-75 adults/ 2. Chronic pelvic pain patients who required the interventional procedures/ 3. patients with a localized tenderness on inferolateral side of the pubic tubercle

Exclusion criteria

• 1. Severe cardiovascular disease /2. Coagulation abnormality /3. Patient denial

Trial design

23 participants in 1 patient group

Obturator externus muscle injection

Description:

patients were treated with obturator externus injection