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UGAP Pain SyndromePreviously known as POPSS syndrome

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Pramod B. Wasudev, MD

Pramod B. Wasudev, MD

Dr. Pramod B. Wasudev is a general surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee, who specializes in General Surgery and Pain Management.

Dr. Wasudev graduated from the Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, in 1962. He has treated thousands of patients with undiagnosed groin, abdominal and pelvic pain over more than 35 years of practice, and his retrospective study of 203 patients seen between 1983 and 2006 forms the basis of this site.

He described the clinical signs now known as Wasu’s Triad (rectus flexion, adductor resistance and vaginal hook signs) and Wasu’s Triad Plus in males (adding the spermatic cord traction and paraprostatic signs), which allow the diagnosis to be strongly suspected on clinical examination alone.

Dr. Wasudev has been affiliated with Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital, TriStar Centennial Medical Center and TriStar Skyline Medical Center.

Published work

  • Probing the Mystery of Undiagnosed Groin, Lower Abdominal and Pelvic Pain: Grasping an Elusive Diagnosis. General Surgery News, October 2018.
  • Grasping an Elusive Diagnosis: Probing the Mystery of Undiagnosed Groin, Lower Abdominal and Pelvic (UGAP) Pain. AAPI, 2018.
  • Undiagnosed Groin, Abdominal and Pelvic (UGAP) Pain in Men. Health & Wellness, Middle Tennessee, January 2016.
  • Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain. Health & Wellness, Middle Tennessee, December 2015.
  • POPSS Syndrome: Undiagnosed Groin, Abdominal, and Pelvic Pain, A Great Masquerader. 2010.