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New Technique Treats Pelvic Pain in Men and Women

...Eric Reiner, an assistant professor of vascular and interventional radiology at Yale University School of Medicine.In both conditions, the valves in the gonadal vein don't work, Reiner said.

"Instead of blood going back to the heart like it normally does, it ends up staying in the vein causing the vein to get large and causing pain."As many as 40 percent of women have chronic pelvic pain in their life, Reiner said.

As for men, some 15 percent suffer from varicoceles, and the condition is involved in 50 percent of male As of the time of the presentation, there were no recurrences of the condition.The goal of the treatment is to seal off the vein to prevent it from becoming engorged with blood, Reiner said.

To do this, a needle is passed into the vein in the groin, then a tube is placed in the vein.

Next, metal coils are passed through the tube into the vein.

These act as a plug to block off the vein.The new part of the procedure is the injection of a solution called sodium tetradecyl sulfate.

The solution is then turned into foam using air or carbon dio...