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Coccygectomy is surgical removal of the tailbone (essentially amputating the tailbone). There are not great long-term studies about long-term complications of having the tailbone removed. The short-term risks include infection at the surgical site, especially in the first few weeks or months after the surgery. Infection: In some studies up to 20% of patients need […] Surgical removal of the tailbone (coccyx) is medically known as coccygectomy. In the United States the coccygectomy surgery would often be considered an outpatient surgery, meaning that you have the surgery in the morning and go home by that evening. But that may vary depending on how someone is doing in the recovery area after […] One complication of surgical tailbone removal (coccygectomy) is that infection may occur at the surgical site. Part of the reason for the relatively high likelihood of infection at this surgical site (compared with others) is that the coccygectomy site is so close to the anus. Superficial infections can happen at the skin, which is called […] |
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