Classification systems for chronic pelvic pain in males: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically review the classification systems for male chronic pelvic pain (CPP).

Methods

The Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), and Web of Science were searched. Any publication, with no restriction to publication date, was eligible. Publications had to propose a classification system for CPP in males or provide additional information of a system that had been identified. Systems were assessed with an adapted Critical Appraisal of Classification Systems tool.

Results

A total of 33 relevant publications were identified, with 22 proposing an original classification system. Systems aimed to: (i) diagnose CPP and/or differentially diagnose CPP from other conditions, (ii) differentially dia

SUBMITTER: Cyr MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11628891 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature