Open AccessGanglion impar block in patients with chronic coccydynia
Author(s) -
Nitesh Gonnade,
Neeraj Mehta,
Pushpinder Singh Khera,
Devesh Kumar,
Rengarajan Rajagopal,
Pramod Kumar Sharma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series/indian journal of radiology and imaging/indian journal of radiology and imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-3026
pISSN - 0970-2016
DOI - 10.4103/ijri.ijri_294_16
Subject(s) - medicine , oswestry disability index , sitting , physical therapy , interquartile range , surgery , radiology , low back pain , alternative medicine , pathology
Coccydynia refers to pain in the terminal segment of the spinecaused by abnormal sitting and standing posture. Coccydynia is usually managed conservatively, however in nonresponsive patients, ganglion impar block is used as a good alternate modality for pain relief. This article studies the effect of ganglion impar block in coccydynia patients who were not relieved by conservative management.