Paracoccygeal corkscrew approach to ganglion impar injections for tailbone pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-321

  Foye, Patrick M ^a   Patel, Shounuck I ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerve block; Coccydynia; Coccyx; Ganglion impar; Pain; Pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COCCYGEAL BONE; FLUOROSCOPY; GANGLION IMPAR INJECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PARACOCCYGEAL CORKSCREW TECHNIQUE; PATIENT POSITIONING; SPINAL NEEDLE; TAILBONE PAIN;

AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; COCCYX; FLUOROSCOPY; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEEDLES; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION;

EID: 67650664978     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2009.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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