Post-traumatic coccygodynia: current issues. Review of foreign literature

There are no clear clinical recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with coccygodynia, and there are still debates about the choice of the best method of diagnosis, the effectiveness of blockades, the indications for surgical treatment and the most appropriate method of surgical treatment, and the need for antibiotics.

The aim of the study is to evaluate the current state of the problem of diagnosis, conservative and surgical treatment of patients with post-traumatic coccygodynia based on the analysis of scientific publications.

Materials and methods. A review of the literature data published on the problem of diagnosis and treatment of patients with post-traumatic coccigodenia is presented. The features of the anatomical structure of the coccyx are considered. Radiation methods for the diagnosis of coccygodynia, publication materials on the evaluation of the effectiveness of conservative and surgical treatment, and methods of surgical treatment of patients with coccygodynia are presented. The indications for surgical treatment and the results of surgical treatment of patients with coccygodenia are considered.

Results. In coccygodynia, surgical treatment is indicated only in patients in whom comprehensive conservative treatment, the combined repeated blockades or radiofrequency ablation of the unpaired sympathetic ganglion are ineffective. Surgical treatment should only be carried out after the diagnosis has been precisely established, including the use of modern radiological diagnostic methods such as CT, MRI. The best method of coccyx resection is subperiosteal total proximal coccygectomy according to Key, with antibiotic therapy. The effectiveness of surgical treatment in patients with idiopathic coccygodynia is lower than in post-traumatic coccygodynia.

Conclusion. Complex conservative treatment of patients with coccygodynia in most cases leads to recovery. Steroid blockades or radiofrequency ablation of the impair ganglion prove to be effective. Surgical treatment of post-traumatic coccygodynia is indicated only in cases of resistance to complex conservative treatment and ineffectiveness of blockades. The most optimal method of surgical treatment is subperiosteal proximal complete resection of the coccyx against the background of antibiotics.

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