| Pudendal neuralgia (PN) is a debilitating neuropathic pain involving the innervation area of the pudendal nerve, with
buring, electric, shock or pinking-like pain. Due to various reasons, the prevalence of this disease has not been statistically analyzed. Both
diagnose and treatment of PN are difficult, so that the patients usually suffer from physical and mental torment for years, and terrifically
affect the quality of life. The pudendal nerve along with its vessels often passes through the pudendal canal, and it can be divided into
three branches: the inferior anal nerve, the perineal nerve, and the dorsal nerve of the penis or clitoris. Different branch lesions will lead
to corresponding pains, where the branches innervated. At present the therapeutic method mainly contains conservative treatment, pudendal
nerve injection, pudendal nerve decompression, and neuromodulation. This article briefly reviewed the anatomy of pudendal nerve,
the cause of pudendal neuralgia and clinical manifestations, as well as currently available diagnostic and therapeutic methods. |
