Also called: Also called: Coccyx disorders
The tailbone is the small bone at the bottom of your backbone, or spine. Tailbone disorders include tailbone injuries, pain, infections, cysts and tumors. You rarely break your tailbone. Instead, most injuries cause bruises or pulled ligaments. A backward fall onto a hard surface, such as slipping on ice, is the most common cause of such injuries. Symptoms of various tailbone disorders include pain in the tailbone area, pain upon sitting, pain or numbness in the arms or legs due to pressure on nerves in the tailbone area, and a mass or growth you can see or feel.
- Coccygeal Injury(DSHI Systems) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.freemd.com/coccygeal-injury/visit-virtual-doctor.htm
- Coccygeal Pain(DSHI Systems) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.freemd.com/coccygeal-pain/visit-virtual-doctor.htm
- Chordoma(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00084
- Coccydynia (Tailbone Pain)(Cleveland Clinic Foundation) - http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/coccydynia/hic_coccydynia_tailbone_pain.aspx
- Levator Syndrome(Merck & Co., Inc.) - http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch130/ch130h.html
- Pilonidal Cyst(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/pilonidal-cyst/DS00747/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print
- Pilonidal Disease(American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons) - http://www.fascrs.org/patients/conditions/pilonidal_disease/
- Sacral Dimple(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/sacral-dimple/DS00753/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Pilonidal Sinus(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Pilonidal+Sinus%22
- Article: Treatment of pilonidal sinus with primary closure. A twenty-year experience. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18709783&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Reconstruction of extensive pilonidal sinus defects with the use of... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18650614&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Sinus excision, release of coccycutaneous attachments and dermal-subcuticular closure (XRD... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18634729&tool=MedlinePlus
- Tailbone Disorders -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=pilonidal+sinus[majr]+OR+coccyx[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- Find an Orthopaedist(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://www6.aaos.org/about/public/members.cfm
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - http://www.aaos.org/
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - http://www.niams.nih.gov/
Also available in Spanish http://www.niams.nih.gov/Portal_En_Espanol/
- Bones, Joints and Muscles - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bonesjointsandmuscles.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Tailbone Disorders is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - http://www.niams.nih.gov/