Surgery
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The purpose of this study was to determine the most efficient preoperative laboratory screening for elective surgery. ⋯ Routine preoperative laboratory testing is neither useful nor cost-effective. Appropriate preoperative laboratory testing can be based on age, gender, concomitant medical diseases, and type of operation to be performed.
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Coccygodynia is an uncommon condition of diverse causes. A few cases were attributed to so-called pericoccygeal glomus tumors. However, the pericoccygeal soft tissues normally contain numerous small glomus bodies and a larger one known as the glomus coccygeum, which can reach several millimeters in diameter. Most reported cases of alleged pericoccygeal glomus tumors represent normal, incidentally discovered coccygeal glomus bodies. Recently, an intracoccygeal glomus tumor was reported as a cause of coccygodynia. However, we suspected that glomera can also occur normally within the coccyx itself. ⋯ Pericoccygeal and intracoccygeal glomus bodies are normal findings in humans at all ages. They should not be mistaken for tumors, and their role in the pathogenesis of coccygodynia is questionable.