American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 41.e1-41.e5 , January 2008

Multilevel local anesthetic nerve blockade for the treatment of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

  • Andrea J. Rapkin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • John S. McDonald, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
    • ,
  • Melinda Morgan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Received 24 January 2007 ,Revised 13 April 2007 ,Accepted 7 June 2007.

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 Cite this article as: Rapkin AJ, McDonald JS, Morgan M. Multilevel local anesthetic nerve blockade for the treatment of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:41.e1-41.e5.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(07)00737-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.008

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 41.e1-41.e5 , January 2008

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