EFFECT OF ULTRASOUND THERAPY ON ALLEVIATING PAIN AND ADHESIONS IN ENDOMETRIOSIS

Mansour, Serag El Din; Mohamed, Mohamed; Hegah, Mustafa; Okeel, Fahima; Youssef, Amel; Fouad, Noha Ahmed Foua

doi:10.21608/egyfs.2009.4852

EFFECT OF ULTRASOUND THERAPY ON ALLEVIATING PAIN AND ADHESIONS IN ENDOMETRIOSIS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics International Islamic Center of Population Studies and Research, Al Azhar University

² Lecturer of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University

³ Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Head of Gynecology and Obstetrics Departement, Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University

⁴ Professor of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

⁵ Assistant Lecturer of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

10.21608/egyfs.2009.4852

Abstract

objective: This study is conducted to determine the effect of ultrasonic therapy on alleviating paim as well as adhesions
in women having endometriosis.
Study design: prospective study
Setting: At Bab El-Sharia University Hospital.
Subjects and methods: Twenty women suffering from severe pelvic pain and diagnosed as having mild or moderate
edometriosis participated in this study. They were treated with ultrasonic therapy for 24 sessions; 3 sessions per week.
All patients were evaluated before and after 12 as well as after 24 sessions of ultrasonic treatment using present pain
intensity (PPi) scale as well as McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and pain relief (PR) scale which was evaluated after
12 as well as 24 sessions and laparoscopy before and after the end of the study.
Results: The results of this study showed a statistically highly significant decrease (P<0.001) in the intensity of pain,
sites of pain and degree of adhesions after the end of ultrasonic therapy treatment. Conclusion: The results of this study
concluded that ultrasound therapy had an excellent effect in the management of chronic pelvic pain as a result of
endometriosis as well as reducing adhesions and can be considered as an alternative method for treating such cases.

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