Publications by authors named "Vy T Phan"
Article Synopsis
- Botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections for chronic pelvic pain can be painful, but applying mindfulness techniques may help reduce associated anxiety and pain.
- A clinical trial involving women with endometriosis-associated pelvic pain included mindfulness sessions before and/or after the injections.
- Results showed significant reductions in anxiety, pain, and dysphoria after mindfulness sessions, suggesting they can improve the tolerability of the procedure.
Background: Chronic pelvic pain persists in some women with endometriosis even after lesion removal and optimized hormonal treatment.
Objective: Characterize the presence and distribution of pain, myofascial dysfunction and sensitisation beyond the pelvis in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain.
Methods: Cross-sectional study of 30 women prior to participation in a clinical trial.
Two biologically important compounds with clinical relevance, asymmetric dimethylarginine and symmetric dimethylarginine, are analyzed using aqueous normal phase chromatography on silica hydride-based columns. Two different stationary phases were tested, a commercially available Diamond Hydride™ and a 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid experimental column. Two types of analytical protocols were investigated: analysis of the compounds when separation was achieved and analysis of the compounds with partial chromatographic separation.
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