Finding Help for Pelvic Pain

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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Several weeks after her procedure, Karine enjoys activities that used to feel difficult because of her pelvic pain.

Karine C. had been suffering from chronic pelvic pain and discomfort for 15 years when an article caught her eye. Someone had been diagnosed with pelvic congestion syndrome-a term that refers to varicose veins in the pelvis-and had been successfully treated by an interventional radiologist.

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