Addressing vulvodynia in a chronic pelvic pain unit, does it make any difference?

Background: Vulvodynia is a chronic painful entity that poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The aim of this work was to describe the characteristics of women affected by vulvodynia and to estimate the effectiveness of currently available therapeutic options.

Methods: A retrospective observational study has been carried out with a sample of 50 women who presented vulvodynia at a chronic pelvic pain unit between 2019 and 2021.

Psoas haematoma as a complication of Veress needle insertion: description of a case and literature review.

Background: In terms of gynaecological laparoscopic surgery, major complications affecting great vessels, and especially the retroperitoneal ones, are unusual.

Case Presentation: We introduce a case of a retroperitoneal haematoma associated with psoas muscle pseudoaneurysm, as a side effect of Veress needle insertion, during laparoscopic surgery. Such complication was managed conservatively at first, requiring finally arterial embolisation.

Natural history of histologically moderate cervical dysplasia in adolescent and young women.

Background: Adolescent women are a special age group affected by human papilloma virus (HPV). Most guidelines recommend surgical treatment for high-grade cytological lesions. However, some reports have attempted to demonstrate that the immune system is fully capable of clearing the virus without using conization.