Prof. Erdogru's Exciting Day

     Today is Prof. Erdogru's exciting day, where he will have the opportunity to present his laparoscopic pudendal nerve decompression technique at the annual IPPS conference in Chicago. IPPS stands for the International Pelvic Pain Society. I can't help but wonder, how today may be the start of some big changes for all of the PN sufferers in the U.S. For those of you who are new to the Pudendal Nerve world, there is a conference hosted for doctors and physical therapists, that deal with the patients who suffer with chronic pelvic pain every year in the U.S. Pudendal neuralgia, or pudendal nerve entrapment, although rare, is one of the many topics that will be discussed this year.

     On Tuesday, the day before Prof. Erdogru was to leave for Chicago, he shared with me and my husband his presentation that he had prepared for this very special event. He first learned of this pain condition in 2005, and being an urologist of patients with chronic pain he did some more research on this condition. After a couple of years, and having a lot of experience with laparoscopic surgery in the pelvis area, he decided he would try and reach the pudendal nerve, which lies deep in the pelvis area by using a cadaver. He realized that this could be done, and this is how his technique came to be. He has put a lot of research and time into this debilitating condition, and over the last couple of years he has pushed his knowledge to new limits. He has done an amazing job of keeping track of his patients outcomes, and progress for a continued study of his technique. He has also had several successful outcomes. I am so excited that he will get to share his knowledge, and story with the doctors who attend this conference from the U.S.

     All it takes is for one doctor to see the benefits of this procedure, over the open surgery approach, to hopefully make this available for future PN patients in the US. I am so grateful that he took the time to share his presentation with me and my husband, and I hope that the doctors who hear his presentation, find it to be just as impressive. Wishing you the best of luck Prof. Erdogru!