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Vaginismus: results of treatment with botulin toxin

A. Shafik, O. El-Sibai Department of Surgery and Experimental Research, Cairo University, and Department of Surgery, Menou a University, Egypt
Pages 300-302 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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Atefeh Velayati, Shahideh Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, Saeideh Ziaei & Anoshirvan Kazemnejad. (2019) Can Botox Offer Help Women With Vaginismus? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Sexual Health 31:3, pages 233-243.
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Janine Farrell & Thea Cacchioni. (2012) The Medicalization of Women's Sexual Pain. The Journal of Sex Research 49:4, pages 328-336.
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Blake Lawson Knapman, Fiona G. Li, Rebecca Deans, Erin Nesbitt-Hawes, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix & Jason Abbott. (2024) Botulinum Toxin for the Management of Pelvic Floor Tension Myalgia and Persistent Pelvic Pain. Obstetrics & Gynecology 143:1, pages e7-e17.
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Michele Parenti, Rebecca Susanna Degliuomini, Erich Cosmi, Amerigo Vitagliano, Elena Fasola, Massimo Origoni, Stefano Salvatore & Giovanni Buzzaccarini. (2023) Botulinum toxin injection in vulva and vagina. Evidence from a literature systematic review. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 291, pages 178-189.
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Rawan Gari, Mohammad Alyafi, Rawan U. Gadi & Sarah U. Gadi. (2022) Use of Botulinum Toxin (Botox®) in Cases of Refractory Pelvic Floor Muscle Dysfunction. Sexual Medicine Reviews 10:1, pages 155-161.
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Brian Dick, Caleb Natale, Amit Reddy, Kole Prasad Akula, Ayad Yousif & Wayne J.G. Hellstrom. (2021) Application of Botulinum Neurotoxin in Female Sexual and Genitourinary Dysfunction: A Review of Current Practices. Sexual Medicine Reviews 9:1, pages 57-63.
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Peter T. Pacik, Corey R. Babb, Andrew Polio, Craig E. Nelson, Carlie E. Goekeler & Lauren N. Holmes. (2019) Case Series: Redefining Severe Grade 5 Vaginismus. Sexual Medicine 7:4, pages 489-497.
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Mansooreh Yaraghi, Shirin Ghazizadeh, Fariba Mohammadi, Elahe Miri Ashtiani, Mahmood Bakhtiyari, Sayeda Mahjabeen Mareshi, Fatemeh Sadat Sarfjoo & Tahereh Eftekhar. (2018) Comparing the effectiveness of functional electrical stimulation via sexual cognitive/behavioral therapy of pelvic floor muscles versus local injection of botulinum toxin on the sexual functioning of patients with primary vaginismus: a randomized clinical trial. International Urogynecology Journal 30:11, pages 1821-1828.
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Elisa Maseroli, Irene Scavello, Giulia Rastrelli, Erika Limoncin, Sarah Cipriani, Giovanni Corona, Massimiliano Fambrini, Angela Magini, Emmanuele A. Jannini, Mario Maggi & Linda Vignozzi. (2018) Outcome of Medical and Psychosexual Interventions for Vaginismus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 15:12, pages 1752-1764.
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Marius Moga, Oana Dimienescu, Andreea Bălan, Ioan Scârneciu, Barna Barabaș & Liana Pleș. (2018) Therapeutic Approaches of Botulinum Toxin in Gynecology. Toxins 10:4, pages 169.
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Peter T. Pacik & Simon Geletta. (2017) Vaginismus Treatment: Clinical Trials Follow Up 241 Patients. Sexual Medicine 5:2, pages e114-e123.
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Justin Houman, Tom Feng, Karyn S. Eilber & Jennifer T. Anger. (2016) Female Sexual Dysfunction: Is It a Treatable Disease?. Current Urology Reports 17:4.
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Peter T. Pacik. (2015) Onabotulinumtoxin A as Part of a Multimodal Program to Treat Vaginismus . Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research 20:1, pages 25-36.
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Peter T. Pacik. (2014) Understanding and treating vaginismus: a multimodal approach. International Urogynecology Journal 25:12, pages 1613-1620.
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Brigitte Schurch & Stefano Carda. 2014. Manual of Botulinum Toxin Therapy. Manual of Botulinum Toxin Therapy 288 294 .
M. Nabil Mhiri, W. Smaoui, M. Bouassida, K. Chabchoub, J. Masmoudi, M. Hadjslimen, N. Chaieb, N. Rebai, S. Masmoudi & A. Bahloul. (2013) Unconsummated marriage in the Arab Islamic world: Tunisian experience. Sexologies 22:3, pages e71-e76.
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M. Nabil Mhiri, W. Smaoui, M. Bouassida, K. Chabchoub, J. Masmoudi, M. Hadjslimen, N. Chaieb, N. Rebai, S. Masmoudi & A. Bahloul. (2013) Le mariage non consommé dans le monde arabo-islamique : l’expérience tunisienne. Sexologies 22:3, pages 103-108.
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Tamara Melnik, Keith Hawton & Hugh McGuire. (2012) Interventions for vaginismus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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Peter T. Pacik. (2011) Vaginismus: Review of Current Concepts and Treatment Using Botox Injections, Bupivacaine Injections, and Progressive Dilation with the Patient Under Anesthesia. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 35:6, pages 1160-1164.
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Wafa M.K. Fageeh. (2011) Different Treatment Modalities for Refractory Vaginismus in Western Saudi Arabia. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 8:6, pages 1735-1739.
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Marie-Andrée Lahaie, Stéphanie C Boyer, Rhonda Amsel, Samir Khalifé & Yitzchak M Binik. (2010) Vaginismus: A Review of the Literature on the Classification/Diagnosis, Etiology and Treatment. Women's Health 6:5, pages 705-719.
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Mairi E Hope, Laura Farmer, Kay F McAllister & Grant P Cumming. (2010) Vaginismus in peri- and postmenopausal women: a pragmatic approach for general practitioners and gynaecologists. Menopause International 16:2, pages 68-73.
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Laura Bertolasi, Emma Frasson, Jee Yun Cappelletti, Silvana Vicentini, Monia Bordignon & Alessandra Graziottin. (2009) Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Injections for Vaginismus Secondary to Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome. Obstetrics & Gynecology 114:5, pages 1008-1016.
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Jason Abbott. (2009) Gynecological indications for the use of botulinum toxin in women with chronic pelvic pain. Toxicon 54:5, pages 647-653.
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Jason Abbott. (2009) The Use of Botulinum Toxin in the Pelvic Floor for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain–A New Answer to Old Problems?. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology 16:2, pages 130-135.
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Brigitte Schurch & Dennis D. Dykstra. 2009. Manual of Botulinum Toxin Therapy. Manual of Botulinum Toxin Therapy 153 160 .
Phillip P. Smith & Christopher P. Smith. 2009. Botulinum Toxin. Botulinum Toxin 257 272.e1 .
Akila Anbazhagan & Ralph Roberts. (2011) Nonurological uses of botulinum toxin in gynaecology. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 10:2, pages 75-79.
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Shirin Ghazizadeh & Masoomeh Nikzad. (2004) Botulinum Toxin in the Treatment of Refractory Vaginismus. Obstetrics & Gynecology 104:5, Part 1, pages 922-925.
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