When the appendix is removed it resolves the pain and often reveals chronic appendicitis when evaluated under the microscope by the pathologist. The patient had adhesions. As I used the micro-laparoscopic probe to pull on these adhesions, the pain which the patient experienced day to day was reproduced. This procedure can help the physician, the patient and her family better understand the cause of her pain. This nerve can become damaged or entrapped as a result of previous surgery or even pregnancy.
Patients usually come in saying that their ovaries hurt.
It is difficult for the patient and physician alike to tell the difference between ovarian pain and pain caused by this nerve. This nerve pain can be blocked. Surgical staples can cause pain. Every time I pushed on the staples, it duplicated her pain. I removed the staples and her pain resolved.