A discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic pain in women, addressing a broad scope of underlying conditions.

1. Chronic pelvic pain: spectrum of the disorder Thierry G. Vancaillie; 2. Pelvic anatomy and neuroanatomy: relevance to chronic pelvic pain Roger Robert; 3. Investigating chronic pelvic pain: ultrasound Alison Richardson and Nick Raine-Fenning; 4. Investigating chronic pelvic pain: surgical approaches Margaret Harpham and Jason Abbott; 5. Medical treatments for endometriosis-related pain Brett Worly and William D. Schlaff; 6. Endometriosis: surgical approaches to stages I and II Dimitrios Mavrelos and Ertan Saridogan; 7. Endometriosis: surgical approaches to stages III and IV Corrine Owers and Ian Adam; 8. Psychological considerations and therapies in patients with chronic pelvic pain Andrea Mechanik Braverman; 9. Vulvodynia Ross Pagano; 10. Interstitial cystitis and bladder pain syndrome Audrey Wang; 11. Pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain Biba Nijjar and Sawsan As-Sanie; 12. Chronic pelvic pain and sexual dysfunction: cause and effect William Petok; 13. Complementary therapies for women with chronic pelvic pain Andrew Flower, George Lewith, Jörgen Quaghebeur and Ying Cheong; 14. Management of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain William D. Schlaff; Index.