Predictors of Outcome in Conservative and Minimally Invasive Surgical Management of Pain Originating From the Sacroiliac Joint: A Pooled Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A pooled patient-level analysis of two multicenter randomized controlled trials and one multicenter single-arm prospective trial.

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify predictors of outcome of conservative and minimally invasive surgical management of pain originating from the sacroiliac joint (SIJ).

Summary of background data

Three recently published prospective trials have shown that minimally invasive SIJ fusion (SIJF) using triangular titanium implants produces better outcomes than conservative management for patients with pain originating from the SIJ. Due to limitations in individual trial sample size, analyses of predictors of treatment outcome were not conducted.

Methods

We pooled individual patient data from the three trials and

SUBMITTER: Dengler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5636200 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature