Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion

Abstract

The sacroiliac joint is often an overlooked cause for low back pain. It is estimated that around 15–20 % of low back pain is caused by sacroiliac joint dysfunction [3, 22, 23]. This number may be even higher in patients with a history of lumbosacral fusion surgery, a history of posterior iliac crest bone graft harvesting, or in patients with sustained low back pain after spine surgery (“failed back syndrome”) [6, 11, 15, 19, 24].