Provoked vulvar vestibulodynia: Epidemiology in Europe, physio-pathology, consensus for first-line treatment and evaluation of second-line treatments

J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod. 2019 Oct;48(8):685-688. doi: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2019.04.011. Epub 2019 Apr 30.

¹ Pelvi-Perineal Surgery and Rehabilitation Department, Private Medical Center "L'Avancée-Clinique Axium", 44 Avenue du Marechal Lattre de Tassigny, 13090 Aix en Provence, France. Electronic address: ebautrant@l-avancee.fr.
² Section Gynecology, Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Lower Genital Tract Disease Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, V Buzzi Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Economics, Lund University, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
⁵ Pelvi-Perineal Surgery and Rehabilitation Department, Private Medical Center "L'Avancée-Clinique Axium", 44 Avenue du Marechal Lattre de Tassigny, 13090 Aix en Provence, France.
⁶ "Catherine de Sienne Centre", 2 rue Eric Tabarly, 44202, Nantes, France.
⁷ Federative pelvi-perineology centre, University Hospital of Nantes, 44093, Nantes, France.
⁸ "Tête d'or" Reeducation Centre, 85 Boulevard des Belges, 69006, Lyon, France.

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Keywords: Dyspareunia; Provoked vestibulodynia; Pudendal neuralgia; Sensitization; Vestibulectomy; Vulvar vestibule hyperalgesia; Vulvodynia.

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