| Autor: |
Ahmed Y. Soliman, Bassem F. Abou El-Nagaa |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, Vol 21, Iss , Pp 100735- (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2214-7519 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.inat.2020.100735 |
| 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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