Author:
Romsom Jesse,Leenders Martijn Willem Hendrik
Abstract
Coccygodynia (pain of the coccygeal bone) can be treated locally with anti-inflammatory drugs, local steroid injections, surgical removal of the coccyx and, more recently, with radiofrequency thermal ablation. Complications, such as perforation of the colon, can occur as a consequence of the close relationship between the rectum and the sacrococcyx and with the heat from the thermal ablation expanding to the surrounding tissue causing delayed damage with severe consequences. The treatment of this complication requires the combined effort of the gastrointestinal surgeon as well as a gastroenterologist. In this case report, we describe the treatment of this complication and the clinical course after a perforation of the rectum due to thermal ablation of the coccyx to treat long-standing coccygodynia.
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