14. Coccygodynia

Pain Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 554-559

  Patijn, Jacob ^a   Janssen, Markus ^a   Hayek, Salim ^b   Mekhail, Nagy ^c   Van Zundert, Jan ^a,d   Van Kleef, Maarten ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coccygodynia; Coccyx; Evidence based medicine; Perineal pain

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; COCCYGEAL BONE; COCCYGODYNIA; CYCLING; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM DISEASE; REFERRED PAIN; SIGMOID; SITTING; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 78049463145     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2010.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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