PMID- 28144378
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 1874-3250 (Print)
IS  - 1874-3250 (Electronic)
IS  - 1874-3250 (Linking)
VI  - 10
DP  - 2016
TI  - Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: One Year Clinical and Radiographic Results Following 
      Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Surgery.
PG  - 679-689
LID - 10.2174/1874325001610010679 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Recalcitrant sacroiliac joint pain responds well to 
      minimally-invasive surgical (MIS) techniques, although long-term radiographic and 
      fusion data are limited. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the one-year clinical results 
      from a cohort of patients with chronic sacroiliac (SI) joint pain unresponsive to 
      conservative therapies who have undergone minimally invasive SI joint fusion. 
      METHODS: SI joint fusion was performed between May 2011 and January 2014. 
      Outcomes included radiographic assessment of fusion status, leg and back pain 
      severity via visual analog scale (VAS), disability via Oswestry Disability Index 
      (ODI) and complication rate. Outcomes were measured at baseline and at follow-up 
      appointments 6 months and 12 months post-procedure. RESULTS: Twenty minimally 
      invasive SI joint fusion procedures were performed on 18 patients (mean age: 47.2 
      (14.2), mean BMI: 29.4 (5.3), 56% female). At 12 months, the overall fusion rate 
      was 88%. Back and leg pain improved from 81.7 to 44.1 points (p<0.001) and from 
      63.6 to 27.7 points (p=0.001), respectively. Disability scores improved from 61.0 
      to 40.5 (p=0.009). Despite a cohort containing patients with multiple 
      comorbidities and work-related injuries, eight patients (50%) achieved the 
      minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in back pain at 12 months, with 9 
      (69%) patients realizing this improvement in leg pain and 8 (57%) realizing the 
      MCID in ODI scores at 12 months. No major complications were reported. 
      CONCLUSION: Minimally invasive SI joint surgery is a safe and effective 
      procedure, with a high fusion rate, a satisfactory safety profile and significant 
      improvements in pain severity and disability reported through 12 months 
      post-procedure.
FAU - Kube, Richard A
AU  - Kube RA
AD  - Prairie Spine & Pain Institute, 7620 N University St., Peoria, IL 61614, USA.
FAU - Muir, Jeffrey M
AU  - Muir JM
AD  - Motion Research, 3-35 Stone Church Rd., Suite 215, Ancaster, ON L9K 1S4, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20161130
PL  - United Arab Emirates
TA  - Open Orthop J
JT  - The open orthopaedics journal
JID - 101480491
PMC - PMC5220174
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Low back pain
OT  - Minimally-invasive surgery
OT  - Sacroiliac joint
OT  - Sacroiliac joint fusion
EDAT- 2017/02/02 06:00
MHDA- 2017/02/02 06:01
PMCR- 2016/01/01
CRDT- 2017/02/02 06:00
PHST- 2016/09/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/10/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/10/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/02/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/02/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/02/02 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - TOORTHJ-10-679 [pii]
AID - 10.2174/1874325001610010679 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Open Orthop J. 2016 Nov 30;10:679-689. doi: 10.2174/1874325001610010679. 
      eCollection 2016.