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ArticleClinical case reports2025

Unique Use of Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Fusion for Pain Relief in Bertolotti Syndrome.

Michael Suarez, Shiva Senthilkumar, Mustafa Broachwala, Harman Chopra, Jeffrey L Chen

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Michael SuarezDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5918-2756
Shiva SenthilkumarCollege of Medicine University of Toledo Toledo Ohio USA.
Mustafa BroachwalaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center for Pain Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Harman ChopraDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland USA.
Jeffrey L ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center for Pain Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-0905

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case highlights the potential effectiveness of posterior sacroiliac joint fusion in pain relief for patients with Bertolotti syndrome. When a patient presents with pain and lumbosacral transitional vertebrae on imaging, there should be a full evaluation for sacroiliac joint pathology, especially at the joint contralateral to the transitional vertebrae.

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Bertolotti syndromechronic painlumbosacral transitional vertebraeposterior sacroiliac joint fusion

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PMID40860305
PMCPMC12370537

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