The Vascular Cause of Pelvic Pain No One Is Talking About | Dr. Brooke Spencer, MD, FSIR

If you suffer from pelvic pain that no one can figure out and nothing has worked this episode might be the one that changes everything.

Today's guest is Dr. Brooke Spencer is a board-certified interventional radiologist, Fellowship of the Society of Interventional Radiology honoree, and the Medical Director and CEO of Minimally Invasive Procedure Specialists (MIPS) in Denver, Colorado. With over 7,000 venous interventions under her belt, Dr. Spencer has dedicated her career to uncovering the vascular causes of chronic pelvic pain causes that most providers, including well-trained ones, are simply not trained to see.

In this episode, we go deep on pelvic venous disorders, pelvic congestion syndrome, and why women continue to be misdiagnosed for years before anyone orders the right imaging, interpreted by the right person, for the right reasons.

In this episode, we cover:

• What vascular causes of pelvic pain actually are and how common they are
• The diagnoses women receive before someone finally looks at their veins
• The symptom patterns that should make any provider stop and think "vascular", including pain that worsens with standing, after intercourse, or at certain points in the cycle
• Why standard imaging so often misses the diagnosis and what should actually be ordered
• Why who reads that imaging is just as important as which imaging is ordered
• What minimally invasive procedures can resolve sometimes after years of failed treatment
• And so much more! 

Recent Research Publications Discussed by Dr. Brooke:

https://safire.health/
https://mipscenter.com/

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