Vulvar pain syndromes: Causes and treatment of vestibulodynia
OBG Management. 2011 November;23(11):24-33
November 1, 2011|ObGyn
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The OBG Management expert panel
Neal M. Lonky, MD, MPH, moderator of this discussion, is Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California–Irvine and a member of the Board of Directors of Southern California Permanente Medical Group. He serves as an OBG Management Contributing Editor.
Libby Edwards, MD, is Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC, and Chief of Dermatology at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Edwards is a Past President and Past Secretary General of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease.
Jennifer Gunter, MD, is Director of Pelvic Pain and Vulvovaginal Disorders for Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, Calif.
Hope K. Haefner, MD, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Co-Director of the University of Michigan Center for Vulvar Diseases in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The authors report no financial relationships relevant to this article.
Although the origins of vestibulodynia are incompletely understood, this subset of vulvar pain is manageable and—good news—even curable in some cases
