The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcome of bilateral sacroiliac joint (SIJ) fusion, using a new technique, in patients with a chronic SIJ syndrome. Seventeen patients with chronic low back pain, with a positive response to specific diagnostic tests for the SIJ, were considered candidates for bilateral sacroiliac fusion. The surgical indicati...

Sacral fractures are generally accompanied by pelvic ring fractures. They rarely develop in an isolated form. Sacroiliac dislocation without sacral fracture is extremely rare. We report a case with a sacroiliac dislocation without sacral fracture, which was treated surgically. Lumbopelvic stabilization was applied using iliac wing plates. The case was evaluated according to his clinical conditi...

CONTEXT Sacroiliac joint dysfunction is diagnosed based on the combined results of several palpatory examinations. Previous studies have compared the interexaminer reliability of only one of these methods of diagnosis. OBJECTIVE To compare the interexaminer reliability of three methods of combining palpatory examinations to determine the side of sacroiliac joint dysfunction, sacral base posit...

Background. Puerperal diastasis of the pubic symphysis is a rare intrapartum complication. This report presents the case of a woman who experienced synchronous pubic symphysis and sacroiliac joint separations induced by vaginal delivery. Case. A 32-year-old woman (gravida 2, parity 2) with an uncomplicated prenatal course developed acute-onset anterior pubic pain during vaginal delivery. The pa...

Gout typically affects the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint. Spinal gout is rarely reported. Moreover, involvement of extensive spines is remarkably unusual. We describe a case of a 76-year-old woman with gout involving cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines and sacroiliac joint. She presented with fever, severe back pain, and polyarthralgia and had multiple tophi on both elbows and the left 2nd an...

S FROM OTHER JOURNALS Common cranial nerve disorders in dogs and cats 2. CN V and CN VII ..................................................................607 Pain associated with the sacroiliac joint region: a clinical study of 74 horses....................................................................607

In cases of gonococcal arthritis the knees, wrists, ankles, hands and feet are the joints most commonly affected. This case is unusual because of the occurrence of gonococcal arthritis in the sacroiliac joint.

tuberculosis (tb) is the most common infectious cause of human death. after the lung, genitourinary tract is the most common site for tb infection. pelvic tuberculosis should be considered in young women presented with pelvic mass, ascites, fever, an elevated ca125 level, negative cytology, and positive history of contact with affected person. a 24- year- old girl presented as stage iv ovarian ...

The purpose of this study was to compare the frequency of degenerative changes in the sacroiliac joint by age, sex, laterality, body mass index, and childbearing experience, based on computed tomography (CT) images obtained from the lower back of symptom-free subjects in different age groups. These data were used to trace the development of the sacroiliac joint until the occurrence of osteoarth...

STUDY DESIGN Observational study OBJECTIVES To investigate common non-traumatic musculoskeletal complaints of the low back in elite inline-speedskaters of the German national team. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Traumatic injuries associated with falls or collisions are well documented in speedskaters but so far no studies have investigated non-traumatic low back pain. Previously, the sacroilia...