Coccygectomy for refractory coccydynia: A single-center experience
| Autor: | Bassem F. Abou El-Nagaa, Ahmed Y. Soliman |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Preoperative pain Visual analogue scale lcsh:Surgery Pain Coccygectomy Single Center Coccygodynia lcsh:RC346-429 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Refractory Medicine In patient lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system Coccyx business.industry Retrospective cohort study lcsh:RD1-811 Surgery Coccydynia Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, Vol 21, Iss, Pp 100735-(2020) |
| ISSN: | 2214-7519 |
| Popis: | Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of coccygectomy for patients with refractory coccydynia as regards the intensity of pain and the satisfaction of the cases. Methods: It is a retrospective study conducted upon 14 patients presented with refractory coccydynia; conservative treatment failure for a period of at least 6 months before surgery from 2016 to 2019. The follow up of the cases was for at least 6 months after surgery. Results: From 14 cases, 13 cases were female (92.86%) and one male (7.14%): 9 cases (64.29%) were traumatic and 5 cases (35.71%) were idiopathic. Visual analogue scale (VAS) was significantly decreased at 1, 3 and 6 months postoperatively and at the end of the study compared to preoperative VAS. Complete subsidence of preoperative pain (VAS = 0) was noted in 6 cases (35.71%), improvement was in 7 cases (50%) (VAS |
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