Safety and Preliminary Effectiveness of Lateral Transiliac Sacroiliac Joint Fusion by Interventional Pain Physicians: A Retrospective Analysis

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Table 1 Demographics

	Mean (SD), Range
Age	64 (11) (34–83 range)
Sex	20M, 29 F
Height (inches)	66.6 (3.4)
Weight (lbs)	205 (56)
BMI	32.5 (8.4) (range 21–54)
Smoking status	17 Y, 32 N
Prior spine surgery	16 Y (32.7%)
Prior SIJ fusion	8 Y (26%)
Opioids	40 Y
Side treated	27 (L), 22 (R)
Pain – least	3 (1.7)
Pain- most	9 (1.1)
Pain- now	6 (2.4)

Table 2 Perioperative Characteristics

OR Time, Mean (SD, Range)	40 min (11)
EBL	<10cc in all cases
Number implants	3
Implant size (mean, mode) cranial, middle, caudal	51 (55), 45 (45), 42 (40)
Implant size range, cranial, middle, caudal	(35–65) (40–55) (35–55)
Follow up, mean (SD, range)	135 days (93, 30–458 d)

Figure 1 Pelvic inlet, lateral, and outlet intraoperative images.

Figure 2 Tornado plot of reported percentage pain relief at follow up. Each bar represents one patient’s response.