Impact of sacropelvic fixation on the development of postoperative sacroiliac joint pain following multilevel stabilization for degenerative spine disease

Over the last years sacroiliac joint pain (SIJ pain) has been more and more in the focus of clinicians dealing with patients with persistent lower back pain. It is important for spine surgeons to be familiar with SIJ pain and its underlying pathology, in some outpatient clinics almost 15% of the patients presented with lower back pain that could be attributed to SIJ pain [1]. SIJ pain may in some patients be the reason of failed back surgery syndrome [2 –4]. Especially in patients with persisting lower back pain after lumbar fusion surgery, SIJ pain can be one of the main causes [5,6].
Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Source Type: research