Clinically important (≥ 15 point) Oswestry Disability Index improvement at 6 months occurred in 73.3% of the SIJ fusion group vs 13.6% of the nonsurgical management group (P <. Six-month success rates were higher in the surgical group (81.4% vs 26.1% posterior probability of superiority > 0.9999).
Crossover from nonsurgical to surgical care was allowed after the 6-month study visit was complete. Success rates were compared using Bayesian methods. Pain, disability, and quality-of-life scores were collected at baseline and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. To concurrently compare outcomes after surgical and nonsurgical treatment for chronic SIJ dysfunction.Ī total of 148 subjects with SIJ dysfunction were randomly assigned to minimally invasive SIJ fusion with triangular titanium implants (n = 102) or nonsurgical management (n = 46). Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) dysfunction is a prevalent cause of chronic, unremitting lower back pain. John T Cummings Jr, John Swofford, Elizabeth Pertile, Ellen Looney, Jamie Edwards, Gordon Mortensen, Tracy Mente, Scott Kitchel, Christopher Miller, Gregory Moore, Shawn Potts, Robert Limoni, Nilesh Patel, Taylor McGinnis, Denise Barnes, Nicholas Peterson, Harry Lockstadt, Elaine Wilhite, James Farris, Don Kovalsky, Laura Pestka, Peter Whang, Donna Ann Thomas, Bethany Samperi, Stacey Lombardi, Emily A Darr, John A Glaser, Laura Fields, Jennifer Philp, Charles Harvey, Jason Peterman, Karim Bouferrache, Lori Latham, Pierce Nunley, Andrew Utter, Marcus Stone, Norma Rivera, Monicah Jepkemboi, Anthony Juarez, Ed Santos, David Polly, Jonathan Sembrano, Charles Ledonio, Sharon Yson, Philip Ploska, Terry Price, Michael Oh, Gary Schmidt, Matthew Yeager, Merle Stringer, Douglas Stringer, Carolyn Henderson, Farshad Ahadian, Yu-Po Lee, Gowriharan Thaiyananthan, Navid Farahmand, Tungie Williams, William Rosenberg, Pamela McCann, Vikas Patel, Scott Laker, Venu Akuthota, Evalina Burger, Christopher Kleck, Claire Cofer, David Calabrese, Mark C Gillespy, Sherri Zicker, Corinne Lee, Denise Law, Jeff Price, Shira Stone, Yadira Fortino, Terrill Himmelmann, Elaine Wilhite