Coccygectomy: An effective treatment option for chronic coccydynia - Retrospective results in 41 consecutive patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-245

  Trollegaard, A M ^a   Aarby, N S ^a   Hellberg, S ^a  

^a HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BONE PAIN; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCCYGECTOMY; COCCYGODYNIA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS SURGERY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCCYX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149136940     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B2.23030     Document Type: Article

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