Coccygectomy for coccygodynia: Does pathogenesis matter?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1414-1419

  Pennekamp, Peter H ^a   Kraft, C N ^a   Stutz A ^a   Wallny, T ^a   Schmitt, O ^a   Diedrich, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coccygectomy; Coccygodynia; Coccyx fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTISONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCYGEAL BONE; COCCYGECTOMY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COCCYX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33646192678     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000195878.50928.3c     Document Type: Article

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