From an international symposium by the National Institutes of Health, June 16–17, 2008, the mechanisms around urogenital pain (UGP) are now much more clearly understood, with a move away from considering the ‘end-organ’ as being responsible towards a central neuroplasticity theory and as a consequence both a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to management.
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