Coccygectomy for intractable coccygodynia

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-162

  Feldbrin, Zeev ^a,b   Singer, Menachem ^a,b   Keynan, Ori ^a,b   Rzetelny, Valentine ^a,b   Hendel, David ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Coccygectomy; Coccygodynia; Metastasis; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE CANCER; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCYGEAL BONE; COCCYGODYNIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM PERFORATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COCCYX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION;

EID: 15844391609     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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