ReviewCureus2021
Trends in Diagnosis and Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pathology Over the Past 10 Years: Review of Scientific Evidence for New Devices for Sacroiliac Joint Fusion.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Utility of minimally invasive percutaneous arthrodesis of the sacroiliac joint for the treatment of low back pain: systematic review of the literature.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 · 2025Pooled it
- Brain functional changes following spinal manipulation therapy in patients with lumbar disc herniation and chronic low back pain: a scoping review.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Default mode network and dorsal attentional network connectivity changes as neural markers of spinal manipulative therapy in lumbar disc herniation.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Sacroiliac joint fixation with a posterior intra-articular implant versus a posterolateral transiliac implant: A biomechanical comparison.North American Spine Society journal · 2026Article
- Remodeling of the ventral attention network-default mode network as potential neural correlates of anxiety in lumbar disc herniation patients treated with lever positioning manipulation: a resting-state fMRI study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- A Novel Posterior Implant System for Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Preliminary Cadaveric and Clinical Results.Cureus · 2025Article
- Stealth Navigation with iFuse-TORQ Implant for Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Technique Guide.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Impact of Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Brain Function and Pain Alleviation in Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Resting-State fMRI Study.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2025Article
- The percentage of sacroiliac fusions done in the U.S. by non-surgical specialties has increased.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2024Article
- The effect of minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion compared to sham operation: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Potential S1 Nerve Root Blocks Associated with Sacroiliac Joint Injections.Pain research & management · 2024Article
- Chronic sacroiliac joint dysfunction and CT-guided percutaneous fixation: a 6-year experience.Neuroradiology · 2023Article
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- Advances in Pain Medicine: a Review of New Technologies.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
- Review of Sacroiliac Joint Injection Techniques.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Sacroiliac (SI) joint pathology is a newly appreciated contributor to lower back pain. Sacroiliac joint fusion (SIJF) has grown rapidly in popularity in association with the advent of minimally-invasive surgical techniques. This has led to an explosion of new medical devices used for SIJF. The objective of this article is to outline clinical trends, summarize the current data, and categorize novel devices for SIJF. Trends in SI joint pathology and fusion were obtained via the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database and Web of Science. To review literature on devices for SIJF, PubMed was searched using the Boolean phrase "sacroiliac joint AND (fusion OR arthrodesis)" since 2010. To establish a list of SIJF devices not represented in the literature, searches were performed on the FDA 510(k), premarket approval, and de novo databases, as well as Google and LinkedIn. Literature review yielded 11 FDA-approved devices for minimally invasive SIJF. Database query yielded an additional 22 devices for a total of 33 devices. Twenty-one devices used the lateral transiliac approach, six posterior allograft approach, three posterolateral approach, and three combined the lateral transiliac and posterolateral approaches. The evidence for the lateral transiliac approach is the most robust. Many novel devices have been developed for minimally invasive SIJF over the past 10 years. Further randomized comparative trials are warranted to evaluate different surgical approaches and novel devices at this time.
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