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      Sacroiliac joint pain: a comprehensive review of anatomy, diagnosis, and treatment.

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      Anesthesia and analgesia
      Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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          Abstract

          Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain is a challenging condition affecting 15% to 25% of patients with axial low back pain, for which there is no standard long-term treatment. Recent studies have demonstrated that historical and physical examination findings and radiological imaging are insufficient to diagnose SI joint pain. The most commonly used method to diagnose the SI joint as a pain generator is with small-volume local anesthetic blocks, although the validity of this practice remains unproven. In the present review I provide a comprehensive review of the anatomy, function, and mechanisms of injury of the SI joint, along with a systematic assessment of its diagnosis and treatment.

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          Journal
          Anesth Analg
          Anesthesia and analgesia
          Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
          0003-2999
          0003-2999
          Nov 2005
          : 101
          : 5
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Pain Management Divisions, Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.
          Article
          00000539-200511000-00032
          10.1213/01.ANE.0000180831.60169.EA
          16244008
          3398438c-b27b-4b5b-a167-07a8705f346d
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