Case perspective
How a typical case of chronic pelvic pain myths unfolds — from first symptom to a named diagnosis — in the practice of Prof. Dr Renaud Bollens.
Myth: a normal scan means nothing is wrong. In nerve pain a normal scan is expected, not reassuring.
Myth: pelvic pain is psychological when tests are negative. Pain that follows a nerve territory and changes with posture is anatomical, whatever the tests showed.
Myth: nothing can be done. For a compressed nerve, decompression is a real, established surgical option in the right patient.
Every case at Pelvic Institute is assessed by the operating surgeon, with more than 600 pelvic procedures behind that judgment.