Coccygectomy for coccygodynia: Do we really have to wait?

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1183-1188

  Cebesoy, O ^a   Guclu, B ^b   Kose, K C ^c   Basarir, K ^b   Guner, D ^b   Us, A K ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coccygeal fracture; Coccygectomy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; COCCYGECTOMY; COCCYGODYNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; COCCYX; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748857914     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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