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Review of Surgical and Non-surgical Treatment for SI Joint Pain (Aranke - Orthop Rev 2022b)

Minimally Invasive and Conservative Interventions for the Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain: A Review of Recent Literature (May 2022)

Aranke M, McCrudy G, Rooney K, Patel K, Lee CA, Hasoon J, Kaye AD.
Orthop Rev (Pavia). 2022 May 31;14(3):34098.
DOI: 10.52965/001c.34098. PMID: 35769646; PMCID: PMC9235436.

ABSTRACT

Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain is responsible for approximately 15-25% of reported back pain. Patients with SIJ pain report some of the lowest quality of life scores of any chronic disease. Understanding of the physiology and pathology of the SI joint has changed dramatically over the years, and SI joint pain and injury can now be thought of in two broad categories: traumatic and atraumatic. Both categories of SI joint injury are thought to be caused by inflammation or injury of the joint capsule, ligaments, or subchondral bone in the SI joint. Treatment of SI joint pain usually involves a multi-pronged approach, utilizing both, multi-modal medical pain control and interventional pain/surgical techniques such as steroid injections, radiofrequency nerve ablation, and minimally invasive sacroiliac arthrodesis. Though conservative management through multi-modal pain control and physical therapy have their role as first line therapies, an increasing body of evidence supports the use of minimally invasive procedures, both as adjuvant treatments to conservative management and as second line therapies for patient's that fail first line treatment.

Keywords:
atraumatic; axial back pain; low back pain; sij pain; traumatic.

Author Information

  • Aranke M - Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center.
  • McCrudy G, Rooney K, Patel K - LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport School of Medicine.
  • Lee CA - Department of Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix Regional Campus.
  • Hasoon J - Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
  • Kaye AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Shreveport.

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