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Chronic pelvic pain is defined as inferior abdominal and/or pelvic cyclic or noncyclic pain, lasting for more than 6 months. It accounts for 10–40 % of the reasons for gynecological visits, a third of the indications for diagnostic celioscopy, and 15 % of hysterectomies.
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Boyer, L. et al. (2014). Pelvi-perineal Venous Insufficiency. In: Chabrot, P., Boyer, L. (eds) Embolization. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5182-1_20
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