Sacroiliac Joint Pain: A Comprehensive Guide to Interventional and Surgical Procedures

Sacroiliac joint pain is one of the most common painful conditions, as disorders of this joint are often the cause or a contributing factor to back pain. Treatment of sacroiliac joint pain has advanced significantly in the last decade, ranging from minor interventions to major surgical interventions. Written for pain physicians, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons at all levels of training and practice, this book highlights new and innovative approaches to sacroiliac disease so clinicians may incorporate current techniques into practice. The international roster of authors present up to date information on interventional and surgical pain procedures including peripheral nerve stimulation, surgical fusion, and regenerative techniques. In addition to providing well-illustrated, step-by-step guidance on procedural technique, chapters review patient selection, instrumentation, complications management, and outcomes.

About the Author

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH is the Medical Director of UW Health Pain Services. An accomplished academic, he has published about 200 peer reviewed manuscripts and edited 10 books. He serves on the editorial board of several journals and as the editor in chief for Pain Medicine Case Reports Journal. Dr. Abd-Elsayed has presented more than 200 presentations on the national and international level. His duties also extend to serving as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and as a member of the board of directors of various societies including but not limited to ASIPP, ASRA, NANS, ASPN, and ASA. Dawood Sayed, MD is the First President and Co-founder of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience. He is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Kansas Hospital and serves as the Chief of Pain medicine at the University. He established and now serves as the Program Director of The Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship at the University of Kansas. Additionally, Dr. Sayed serves as the Medical Director of Interventional Pain at the University of Kansas Comprehensive Spine Center and as the Director of the Center of Neuromodulation at the University of Kansas Hospital. As teaching faculty, he lectures for the ASIPP, NANS, ASRA, and ASA. His clinical interests include spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, implanted intrathecal drug delivery, vertebral augmentation, cancer related pain, spinal tumor ablation, and minimally invasive spine surgery. He has lectured nationally and internationally on advanced interventional techniques for chronic pain. Dr. Sayed has published extensively in the fields of neuromodulation, interventional spine, and cancer related pain.