What is a sacroiliac joint arthrogram and why is it helpful?
The sacroiliac joints are paired joints occurring at the junction of sacrum and iliac bones. The sacroiliac joints are robust, powerful joints, which serve to distribute the weight of the upper body across the bony pelvis. The joints are located deep in the body at about the level of your buttocks. Several medical conditions can cause pain or inflammation in the sacroiliac joints. Pain deriving from the sacroiliac joints may radiate to your buttocks, low back, or posterior thighs. Unfortunately, pain arising from the sacroiliac joints cannot be accurately diagnosed by imaging or physical examination alone. In order to determine if a particular sacroiliac joint is painful a fluoroscopically guided diagnostic injection must be performed. What will happen during the procedure? All injections provided at the Kaiser Fremont/Hayward Spinal Diagnostics Center are performed by specialty-trained spine physicians under fluoroscopic (x-ray) guidance. Using fluoroscopy allows the physician perform
