ABOUT AZCCPP
The Arizona Center for Chronic Pelvic Pain (AZCCPP) is a comprehensive treatment facility for chronic pelvic pain in both men and women.
AZCCPP was originally established in 2005 by Dr. Michael Hibner at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix. Over the years it became one of the most renowned centers for treatment of severe endometriosis, pudendal neuralgia and pain caused by pelvic mesh. Other frequently seen conditions were adhesions, ovarian remnant syndrome, pelvic congestion syndrome and spastic pelvic floor syndrome. Many new surgical techniques were pioneered at AZCCPP including significantly modified transgluteal pudendal neurolysis (decompression of the pudendal nerve), selective pelvic vein ligation for pelvic congestion syndrome, removal of mesh from the groin and pudendal nerve. Since 2005 AZCCPP has been helping patients from all around the world for chronic pelvic pain with many of them previously been seen by other physicians prior to travelling to Phoenix.
Pelvic pain is women is a common symptom which accounts for up to 30% of visits to a gynecologist, yet it is thought that close 70% of cases of pelvic pain are not of gynecological origin. By definition chronic pelvic pain is defined as pain which lasts for 6 months or longer, is localized to pelvis and is severe enough to cause functional disability requiring treatment.
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