ArticleMedicine2016
Transsacrococcygeal approach to ganglion impar block for treatment of chronic coccygodynia after spinal arachnoid cyst removal: A case report.
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- Assessment of Ganglion Impar Block Effect on Treatment Results of Coccydynia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2024Article
- [Treatment options for coccygodynia].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- [Therapy-resistant coccygodynia should no longer be considered a myth : The surgical approach].Der Orthopade · 2019Review
- Intractable anal pain in B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia patients: treatment options.The Korean journal of pain · 2019Article
- A Review of Current Treatment Options for Coccygodynia.Current pain and headache reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundCoccygodynia is a pain in the region of the coccyx that radiates to the sacral, perineal area. The cause of the pain is often unknown. Coccygodynia is diagnosed through the patient's past history, a physical examination, and dynamic radiographic study, but the injection of local anesthetics or a diagnostic nerve blockade are needed to distinguish between somatic, neuropathic, and combined pain. Ganglion impar is a single retroperitoneal structure made of both paravertebral sympathetic ganglions. Although there are no standard guidelines for the treatment of coccygodynia, ganglion impar blockade is one of the effective options for treatment.
methodsHere, we report a 42-year-old female patient presenting with severe pain in the coccygeal area after spinal arachnoid cyst removal.
resultsTreatment involved neurolysis with absolute alcohol on the ganglion impar through the transsacrococcygeal junction. Pain was relieved without any complications.
conclusionOur case report offers the ganglion impar blockade using the transsacrococcygeal approach with absolute alcohol can improve intractable coccydynia.
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