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Proctalgia in Pudendal Nerve Entrapment Syndrome: A Pathology to Know Reoyo Pascual, José Felipe Martínez Castro, Rosa León Miranda, Raquel Cartón Hernández, Carlos Valero Cerrato, Xandra Pudendal nerve Pudendal nerve entrapment Pudendal neuropathy Proctalgia Medicina Salud Medicine Health Background: Pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome is a little known and under-diagnosed condition that includes urinary, sexual and proctological signs and symptoms. Its diagnosis is complex and requires sequential treatment. Proctalgia is a common symptom in the General Surgery field, and it can be attributed to pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome in a significant percentage of patients. Objective: The aim of our study is to determine the association between proctalgia and pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome, to check the immediate response to treatment by infiltration with a corticosteroidanesthetic injection, and to assess the results after 6 months follow-up. Design: An observational study was conducted to assess 53 patients affected by proctalgia in the context of a pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome, who were subjected to treatment with hydrodistentioncorticosteroid- anesthetic infiltration of the pudendal nerve and its terminal branches. Their immediate response, in clinical terms of pain, and after six months of follow-up was assessed. Results: From the data obtained in our study, is was observed that treatment with these injections showed an improvement in 79.25% of the patients in the period immediately after the injection, and 39.62% of patients maintained that improvement after six months. Conclusion: We conclude that, in the presence of proctalgia, the existence of a pudenda nerve entrapment syndrome has to be ruled out, and that treatment with corticosteroidanesthetic infiltration is an effective option that achieves an improvement in a significant percentage of patients. 2025-01-31T12:45:50Z 2025-01-31T12:45:50Z 2017-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10129 10.21767/2471-299X.1000044 2471-299X eng Medical & Clinical Reviews. 2017, V. 3, n. 1 https://doi.org/10.21767/2471-299X.1000044 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Insight Medical Publishing