Kenneth D. Locke

1 Introduction Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) and Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) are debilitating urologic pain disorders affecting millions of Americans [1, 2]. Together, these conditions can be described under the umbrella term, Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (UCPPS). Few therapeutic advances have been made in the past 25 years and treatment for the wide spectrum of pain and urologic symptoms is often based on trial and error.

Corresponding Author J. Quentin Clemens Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Correspondence J. Quentin Clemens, MD, FACS, MSCI, Department of Urology, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Dr, Taubman Center 3875, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5330. Email: qclemens@umich.edu Search for more papers by this author

1 INTRODUCTION Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) is an umbrella term that encompasses interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) in men and women and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) in men.