Early results of sacro-iliac joint fixation following long fusion to the sacrum in adult spine deformity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The sacro-iliac joint (SIJ) is the largest joint in the human body. When the lumbar spine is fused to the sacrum, motion across the SIJ is increased, leading to increased degeneration of the SIJ. Degeneration can become symptomatic in up to 75% of the cases when a long lumbar fusion ends with a sacral fixation. If medical treatments fail, patients can undergo surgical fixation of the SIJ.

Questions/purposes

This study reports the results of short-term complications, length of stay, and clinical as well as radiographic outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous SIJ fixation for SIJ pain following long fusions to the sacrum for adult scoliosis.

Methods

A retrospective review of all the patients who underwent a percutaneous fixation of the SIJ after correcti

SUBMITTER: Schroeder JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3903954 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature