Facts & Purpose

Facts:

1. Sacroiliac joint dysfunction could be responsible for up to 35 percent of low back pain cases. There were around 13,000 sacroiliac joint fusions performed in 2018 (US + EU).*

2. In 2014 the iData report predicted the number of sacroiliac joint fusions would exceed 50,000 per year by 2020.* Today we realize it's much less than that.

3. In 2010 the sacroiliac fusion market was considered to be a significant portion of the spinal fusion market. Companies started to participate by developing SIJ fusion devices - but based on what? SIJ surgery is NOT spinal surgery.

*Source: iData Research

Purpose:

• Our purpose is to gather surgeons and non-surgeons experienced in diagnosing and treatment of SIJ dysfunction in order to avoid misdiagnosis, mistreatment and misinvestments.
• We develop education modules for surgical and non-surgical treatment, case registries to document each SIJ fusion cases with various techniques.
• We intend to develop diagnostic and treatment guidelines as well as international standards and requirements for testing and developing SIJ fusion devices based on biomechanical and clinical investigations.
• Osteology experts are invited to discuss enhancement of bony fusion.