ArticleThe Korean journal of pain2019
Are steroids required in the treatment of ganglion impar blockade in chronic coccydynia? a prospective double-blinded clinical trial.
Article in The Korean journal of pain, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05683262 (Does Combining USG-Guided Coccygeal Nerve Block with Sacrococcygeal And/or Intercoccygeal Joint Injection Have an Additive Effect on the Treatment of Coccydynia? Comparison of Functional Outcomes), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Does Combining USG-Guided Coccygeal Nerve Block with Sacrococcygeal And/or Intercoccygeal Joint Injection Have an Additive Effect on the Treatment of Coccydynia? Comparison of Functional Outcomes: a Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Management strategies of pediatric coccydynia: a narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
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- Chronic Coccygodynia and ganglion impar block: How does contrast material distribution affect treatment outcomes?Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Article
- Management of coccygodynia: talking points from a systematic review of recent clinical trials.Annals of joint · 2025Review
- The Influence of Coccygeal Dynamic Patterns in Ganglion Impar Block for the Treatment of Chronic Refractory Coccydynia.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- A new treatment option for chronic refractory coccygodynia: ultrasound-guided sacral erector spinae plane block.Korean journal of anesthesiology · 2024Article
- Coccygeal Nerve Blockade vs. Impar Ganglion Blockade in Coccydynia: A Randomised Clinical Trial.Cureus · 2024Article
- Fluoroscopy guided without contrast injection for ganglion impar blockade in traumatic coccydynia: Description a modified approach and 1-year results.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2023Article
- Coccydynia-The Efficacy of Available Treatment Options: A Systematic Review.Global spine journal · 2022Article
- Agents Used for Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2022Review
- Comparison of treatment outcomes in chronic coccygodynia patients treated with ganglion impar blockadeThe Korean journal of pain · 2022Article
- Steroids further improve ganglion impar blocks for coccyx pain (tailbone pain).The Korean journal of pain · 2020Article
- Author's reply.The Korean journal of pain · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundGanglion impar blockade is a reliable and effective treatment option used in patients with coccydynia. Our primary objective was to specify the role of corticosteroids in impar blockade. We compared applications of local anesthetic with the local anesthetic + corticosteroid combination in terms of treatment efficiency in patients with chronic coccydynia.
methodsOur study was a prospective randomize double-blind study. The patients were divided into 2 groups after randomization. The first group (group SL) was made up of patients where a corticosteroid + local anesthetic were used during ganglion impar blockade. In the second group (group L) we used only local anesthetic. We evaluated numeric rating scale (NRS) and Beck depression scale, which were employed before the procedure and in 1st and 3rd months after the procedure.
resultsSeventy-three patients were included in the final analysis. We detected a significantly greater decrease in NRS values in the 1st month in group SL than in group L (
conclusionsGanglion impar blockade decreases pain in the treatment of chronic coccydynia and improve depression. Addition of steroids in a ganglion impar blockade is required for treatment response that should accumulate over a long period of time.
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