Surgical management of chronic lower abdominal and groin pain in high-performance athletes

Curr Sports Med Rep. 2002 Oct;1(5):301-5. doi: 10.1249/00149619-200210000-00008.

Abstract

Formerly, most of the causes and treatments of chronic lower abdominal and groin pain in high-performance athletes eluded sports medicine specialists. Now we are much better at identifying and managing the different syndromes. Most of the advances are based on empiric evidence, although many pitfalls remain with respect to diagnosis and management of the various syndromes. This article reviews our current understanding of several of these clinical entities. We focus on lessons learned from a large 15-year experience.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Abdominal Pain / physiopathology
  • Abdominal Pain / surgery*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Endometriosis / complications
  • Endometriosis / surgery
  • Female
  • Hip / physiopathology
  • Hip / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Osteitis / complications
  • Osteitis / surgery
  • Pelvic Pain / etiology
  • Pelvic Pain / physiopathology
  • Pelvic Pain / surgery*
  • Pelvis / anatomy & histology
  • Psoas Muscles / physiopathology
  • Psoas Muscles / surgery
  • Sports Medicine / methods*
  • Tendinopathy / complications
  • Tendinopathy / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome