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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1937;19:759-764.
© 1937 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF COCCYGODYNIA

J. ALBERT KEY M.D.1

1 The Department of Surgery of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

1. Most cases of acute and of mild chronic coccygodynia respond to conservative treatment.

2. In severe chronic coccygodynia, excision of the coccyx, followed by careful restoration of the pelvic floor, may be expected to relieve the symptoms and to cause no disability.


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