KMID : 1155520120070010022
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Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2012 Volume.7 No. 1 p.22 ~ p.24
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Successful treatment of vulvodynia with dry needling using a specially designed needle -A case report-
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Jhun Hyung-Joon
Ahn Kang Kim Young-Jae
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Abstract
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Vulvodynia is a chronic pain syndrome in female genitalia in the absence of visible infectious, inflammatory, or neoplastic findings or a clinically identifiable neurological disorder. We report a case of vulvodynia successfully treated with dry needling using a specially designed round needle (Ahn¡¯s needle). A 50-year-old woman was seen with 20-year-history of left-sided vulvar pain in the absence of infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, or neurological disorder. We diagnosed her condition as vulvodynia and conducted dry needling using an Ahn¡¯s needle. Dry needling was performed along left upper and middle labiocrural fold. She reported 50% improvement of vulvodynia after the first treatment and 100% improvement after the second treatment. She remained symptom free 9 months after treatment. Our report suggests that dry needling using an Ahn¡¯s needle have clinical significance in managing vulvodynia.
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KEYWORD
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Female, Genitalia, Pain, Vulvodynia
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