Journal of Spine

Débora Martínez- Gómez

Publications

• Research Article
  Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Arthrodesis: Experience in a Prospective Series with 24 Patients
  Author(s): Vicente Vanaclocha- Vanaclocha, Francisco Verdú- López, Moisés Sánchez- Pardo, Laurabel Gozalbes- Esterelles, Juan Manuel Herrera, Marlon Rivera- Paz and Débora Martínez- GómezVicente Vanaclocha- Vanaclocha, Francisco Verdú- López, Moisés Sánchez- Pardo, Laurabel Gozalbes- Esterelles, Juan Manuel Herrera, Marlon Rivera- Paz and Débora Martínez- Gómez
  
  Background: Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain conservative treatments show poor outcomes. Hypothesis: surgical treatment will show better results. Patients and methods: Prospective series: 24 patients undergoing SI fusion after failure of medical treatment and showing temporary relief with SI infiltration. Period: Nov 2009-July 2013. Gender: 9/15. 11 cases bilaterally (all ). Age: 32-71 years (mean 47.4 years). Height: 161-178 cm (mean 168.2 cm). Weight: 56-84 kg (mean 68.4 kg). Etiology: 12 degenerative/spontaneous, 7 fall on buttocks, 3 coincident with lumbar disc and 2 with lumbar posterolateral fusion. Exclusion criteria: ankylosing spondylitis, osteitis condensans ilii, sacro-iliac joint arthropaty. Demographics, analgesics and NSAID’s consumption, incidence and severity of complications, clinical outcome using a visual analog scale (VAS.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000185

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