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 Society2013
Documentation of outcomes for sacroiliac joint fusion: does prior spinal fusion influence the outcome?
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, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Consensus practice guidelines on sacroiliac joint complex pain from a multispecialty, international working group.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2025Guideline
- 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
- Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Fusion-a Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
- International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Policy 2020 Update-Minimally Invasive Surgical Sacroiliac Joint Fusion (for Chronic Sacroiliac Joint Pain): Coverage Indications, Limitations, and Medical Necessity.International journal of spine surgery · 2020Article
- Patient Reported Outcomes from Sacroiliac Joint Fusion.Asian spine journal · 2017Article
- A systematic review of minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion utilizing a lateral transarticular technique.International journal of spine surgery · 2015Article
- Minimally invasive versus open sacroiliac joint fusion: are they similarly safe and effective?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2014Article
- Five-year clinical and radiographic outcomes after minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion using triangular implants.The open orthopaedics journal · 2014Article
- One-year outcomes after minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion with a series of triangular implants: a multicenter, patient-level analysis.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Article
- Comparative effectiveness of open versus minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Article
- The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland Yearly European Spine Journal Review: a survey of the "surgical and research" articles in the European Spine Journal, 2013.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 · 2014Review
- Open versus minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion: a multi-center comparison of perioperative measures and clinical outcomes.Annals of surgical innovation and research · 2013Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this prospective case series (level II) was to determine the clinical outcomes of anterior SIJ fusion, comparing the outcomes of patients who had prior spinal fusions at any level compared to patients who have not.
methodsThis prospective study included 25 patients who underwent SIJ fusion with anterior plate fixation. All patients had failed non-operative treatment, had a positive Patrick test, and positive response to intra-articular SIJ injections with greater than 50 % pain relief. Patients had follow-up at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months where they completed Oswestry disability index (ODI) and Short Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment (SMFA) surveys. Outcome data are available for 19 patients who completed pre-operative and 12-month follow-up surveys. Their average time of the final follow-up was 1.1 years (range 10-33 months).
resultsSignificant improvements between pre-operative and the final follow-up in ODI (p = 0.007) and SMFA (p = 0.01) were observed; the ODI assessed outcomes in patients who had previous spinal fusion surgery were significantly worse than those that did not at the final follow-up (p = 0.04).
conclusionPatients who have not undergone prior spinal fusion surgery, regardless of age, gender, and BMI have better outcomes following anterior SIJ fusion.
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