Sacroiliac joint as pain generator in chronic LBP. The iFuse: New system as MIS Option for the sacroiliac joint

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Pier Paolo Maria Menchetti

President of ISLASS, Italy

: J Spine Neurosurg

Abstract

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Low back pain is the most common type of adult pain and is a leading cause of disability. While this complaint may be ubiquitous, there are many possible causes. Studies have shown that the sacroiliac joint is the cause in approximately 25% of patients with low back pain. The exact pattern is complex. Provocative physical examination maneuvers may help provide a presumptive sacroiliac joint pain diagnosis. Confirmatory diagnosis is achieved with diagnostic injection. For disabling pain that fails to respond to nonoperative treatment, surgical fusion may be necessary. Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion (SIJF) with triangular titanium implants has become an increasingly accepted surgical option for chronic sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction: different prospective and RCT studies proven that this approach is safe and more effective than CM in relieving pain, reducing disability, and improving patient function and quality of life.

Biography

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Pier Paolo Maria Menchetti is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Professor at Florence University, Italy. He is the Aggregate Professor at Palermo University, Italy since 2015 and a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of United States of America; Fellow American Board Minimally Invasive Spine Medicine and Surgery; Corresponding Fellow EFFORT (European Federation National Associations Orthopaedics and Traumatology) and also a Member of American Academy Minimally Invasive Spine Medicine and Surgery (AAMISMS).