intraoperative fluoroscopic guidance to line
up the appropriate anatomical landmarks and
ensure proper placement. Pins and markers
are used to determine the correct trajectory
for the implants. The pre-op set up, including
securing the patient to the table and taking all
the necessary measurements, takes 15 to 20
minutes.
The implants, known as cages, are triangu-
lar, which Dr. Kellogg prefers to other sys-
tems that use round screws. "The concern
with screws is that implants can rotate
around them, because they're round," he
says. "Triangular cages provide immediate
fixation with the bone."
The triangular implants, about the size of a
pinky finger, are also porous, which helps to
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• Efficient Case:
Approximately 1 hour
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flexes their non-affected knee while the
examiner applies stress on the sacroiliac
joints.
If the patient feels pain during three of
these five tests, two diagnostic injections
are ordered, one with lidocaine and one
with a steroid. The injections are admin-
istered a couple of weeks apart. The
surgery is generally approved by insur-
ance companies if the patient experi-
ences a 75% reduction in pain after each
of the injections. — Adam Taylor
