{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,20]],"date-time":"2026-03-20T11:34:09Z","timestamp":1774006449535,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Georg Thieme Verlag KG","issue":"06","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J reconstr Microsurg"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,7]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>\n            Background\u2003This study describes outcomes from a new surgical approach to treat \u201canterior\u201d pudendal nerve symptoms in women by resecting the perineal branches of the pudendal nerve (PBPN).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Methods\u2003Sixteen consecutive female patients with pain in the labia, vestibule, and perineum, who had positive diagnostic pudendal nerve blocks from 2012 through 2015, are included. The PBPN were resected and implanted into the obturator internus muscle through a paralabial incision. The mean age at surgery was 49.5 years (standard deviation [SD]\u2009=\u200911.6 years) and the mean body mass index was 25.7 (SD\u2009=\u20095.8). Out of the 16 patients, mechanisms of injury were episiotomy in 5 (31%), athletic injury in 4 (25%), vulvar vestibulectomy in 5 (31%), and falls in 2 (13%). Of these 16 patients, 4 (25%) experienced urethral symptoms. Outcome measures included Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Vulvar Pain Functional Questionnaire (VQ), and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Results\u2003Fourteen patients reported their condition pre- and postoperatively. Mean postoperative follow-up was 15 months. The overall FSFI, and arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain domains significantly improved (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). The VQ also significantly improved (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) in 13 (93%) of 14 patients. The NPRS score decreased on average from 8 to 3 (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001). All four patients with urethral symptoms were relieved of these symptoms.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Conclusion\u2003Resection of the PBPN with implantation of the nerve into the obturator internus muscle significantly reduced pain and improved sexual function in women who sustained injury to the PBPN.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0037-1599130","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,4]],"date-time":"2017-03-04T23:38:03Z","timestamp":1488670683000},"page":"395-401","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Injury to Perineal Branch of Pudendal Nerve in Women: Outcome from Resection of the Perineal Branches"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Eric","family":"Wan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Goldstein","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hillary","family":"Tolson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Dellon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland"},{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,4]]},"container-title":["Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0037-1599130.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2017,12,19]],"date-time":"2017-12-19T07:11:57Z","timestamp":1513667517000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/s-0037-1599130"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,4]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"06","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,15]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,7]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/s-0037-1599130","relation":{},"ISSN":["0743-684X","1098-8947"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0743-684X","type":"print"},{"value":"1098-8947","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,4]]}}}