Trial reportEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2005
Sacroiliac joint pain after lumbar fusion. A study with anesthetic blocks.
Trial report in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Consensus practice guidelines on sacroiliac joint complex pain from a multispecialty, international working group.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2025Guideline
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- Incidence, diagnosis and management of sacroiliitis after spinal surgery: a systematic review of the literature.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Sacroiliac joint fusion for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2016Pooled it
- The association between sacroiliac joint-related pain following lumbar spine surgery and spinopelvic parameters: a prospective multicenter study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019Trial
- Anterior stand-alone fusion revisited: a prospective clinical, X-ray and CT investigation.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2015Trial
- Referred pain location depends on the affected section of the sacroiliac joint.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2015Trial
- The percutaneous stabilisation of the sacroiliac joint with hollow modular anchorage screws: a prospective outcome study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2013Trial
- Documentation of outcomes for sacroiliac joint fusion: does prior spinal fusion influence the outcome?European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2013Trial
- Influence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration on the outcome of total lumbar disc replacement: a prospective clinical, histological, X-ray and MRI investigation.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2012Trial
- Incidence and Risk Factors of Sacroiliac Joint Pain Following Lumbar Surgery with and without Fusion in Patients with Spinal Stenosis and Low-Grade Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2025Article
- Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: A Comparison Between Robotic Guidance Fusion and Minimally Invasive Navigation Fusion.Cureus · 2025Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Fluoroscopy-guided Sacroiliac Joint Block versus Conservative Management in Sacroiliitis: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Biomechanical Effects of Multi-segment Fixation on Lumbar Spine and Sacroiliac Joints: A Finite Element Analysis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Biomechanical, biochemical, and histological characterization of sacroiliac joint cartilage in the Yucatan minipig.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2024Article
- Salvage of failed direct lateral sacroiliac joint fixation using a new percutaneous lateral-oblique transfixation technique with two variable-threaded screws: a multicenter case report of three cases.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2023Article
- Posterior oblique technique for sacroiliac joint fusion leads to greater pain relief and similar improvement in function compared to the lateral technique: A retrospective, comparative study.North American Spine Society journal · 2023Article
- Improved Outcomes with Concurrent Instrumentation and Fusion of the Sacroiliac Joint in Patients with Long Lumbosacral Constructs.Global spine journal · 2023Article
- Minimally Invasive Postero-Inferior Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Surgical Technique and Procedural Details.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Ultrasound-guided lateral branch radiofrequency neurotomy for sacroiliac joint pain after lumbosacral spinal fusion surgery.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Low back pain persisting or appearing after a technically successful lumbar fusion challenges clinicians. In this context, the sacroiliac joint could be a possible source of pain, but the frequency of its responsibility is not really known. We used sacroiliac anesthetic blocks, the gold standard for diagnosis, to determine this frequency. Our second goal was to search predictive factors for a positive block. Our prospective series consisted of 40 patients with persistent low back pain after a technically successful fusion who received a sacroiliac anesthetic block under fluoroscopic control. The diagnostic criterion was a relief of more than 75% of the pain on a visual analog scale. We found a 35% rate of positive blocks. The only criterion that characterized these patients was a postoperative pain different from the preoperative pain in its distribution ( p =0.017). A free interval of more than 3 months between surgery and appearance of the pain had an indicative value ( p =0.17). An increased uptake in the sacroiliac on bone scintigraphy or a past history of posterior iliac bone-graft harvesting had no significant value ( p =0.74 and p =1.0, respectively). The sacroiliac joint is a possible source of pain after lumbar fusion. The anesthetic block under fluoroscopic control remains the gold standard.
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