We report a case of Ewing's sarcoma of the sacroiliac joint in a 21-year-old male mimicking tubercular sacroiliitis, a rare entity not reported in literature. He presented with pain in the lower back radiating to the right lower limb along with constitutional symptoms of 3 months duration. On examination, the right sacroiliac joint was tender. The laboratory investigations showed anaemia, leuko...

Numerous motion tests for diagnosing SIJ dysfunction have been described in the literature (van der Wurff et al 2000a & b). None is superior to another illustrating that physiotherapists should be suspicious with regard to the clinical relevance claimed by some authors. In general, motion tests of the SIJ can be reduced to 3 main directions: backward motion of the ilium (‘spine test’), forward ...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. PURPOSE To report a novel approach to open posterior sacroiliac (SI) joint arthrodesis using a threaded titanium cage containing rhBMP--2. MATERIALS & METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with a mean age of 57.7 years (range: 33--84) underwent posterior SI joint fusion. Two closely related novel posterior oblique approaches were employed. Enrolled subj...

PURPOSE To analyze the effectiveness of anterior pelvic plating and subsequent percutaneous sacroiliac joint screw fixation in patients with unstable pelvic ring injuries. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-two patients were included with twenty-one males and eleven females. The mean age was 41 years (range, 19-76). The mean follow-up period was 51 months (range, 36-73). According to AO-OTA classif...

BACKGROUND Sacroiliac joint tuberculosis(SJT) is relatively uncommon, but it may cause severe sacroiliac joint destruction and functional disorder. Few studies in the literature have been presented on SJT, reports of surgical treatment for SJT are even fewer. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed surgical management of patients with severe SJT of 3 different types and proposed to reveal th...

Many problems in the hip area show movement dysfunctions of the hip joint in combination with the lumbar spine, sacroiliac joint, neurodynamic structures, and the muscular systems. Muscle strain injuries pertinent to the canine hip have been reported in the iliopsoas, pectineus, gracilis, sartorius, tensor fasciae latae, rectus femoris, and semitendinosus muscles. Physical diagnoses of this typ...