Surveys suggest that chronic pelvic pain is responsible for 10 percent of all gynecology referrals, 20 percent of all hysterectomies, and 40 percent of all laparoscopies. Frank Tu, MD, MPH, director of gynecological pain and minimally invasive surgery, and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology within Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Lauren Streicher to assess the key challenges involved in getting to the root of chronic pelvic pain.
