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 ofKansas. 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.

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• PrefaceContributors List Part I: Sacroiliac jointChapter 1: Anatomy of the sacroiliac jointMark N. Malinowski, Anshuman Raj Swain, and Chong H. KimChapter 2: Sacroiliac joint conditionsA. Raj Swain, Chong H. Kim, and Mark N. MalinowskiChapter 3: Diagnostic evaluation of sacroiliac diseaseNicholas C. Canzanello and Jonathan M. HagedornChapter 4: Disability associated with sacroiliac joint diseasesLisa Ramirez Kroopf, Kemly Philip, Michelle Nguyen Dang, and Samara ShiponChapter 5: Types of anesthesia for different sacroiliac joint interventionsBehnum A. Habibi, Mark N. Malinowski, and Chong H. Kim Part II: Sacroiliac joint interventionsChapter 6: Intraarticular injections (ultrasound-guided and fluoroscopic-guided approaches)Luay Mrad, Akshat Gargya, and Rany T. AbdallahChapter 7: Lateral branch blocksBenjamin K. Homra, Yashar Eshraghi, and Maged GuirguisChapter 8: Radiofrequency ablation of the sacroiliac jointHaider M. Ali, Yashar Eshraghi, and Maged Guirguis Part III: Role of regenerative medicineChapter 9: Regenerative medicine therapies for sacroiliac joint diseaseNatalie H. Strand, Jillian Maloney, and Christine L. HuntChapter 10: Imaging techniques for sacroiliac joint injectionsJacqueline Weisbein Part IV: Peripheral nerve stimulation for the sacroiliac jointChapter 11: Patient selection and instruments used for peripheral nerve stimulation of the sacroiliac jointJessica JamesonChapter 12: Preoperative considerations for peripheral nerve stimulation of the sacroiliac jointAjay B. AntonyChapter 13: Peripheral nerve stimulation trial and implantationKris Ferguson and Alaa Abd-ElsayedChapter 14: Outcome measures and outcomes of peripheral nerve stimulation of the sacroiliac jointHunter Hoopes and Mayank GuptaChapter 15: Complications of peripheral nerve stimulation for sacroiliac painMeghan Cantlon Hughes and Alaa Abd-Elsayed Part V: Surgical fusion for the sacroiliac jointChapter 16: Patient selectionSarafina Kankam, Gregory Lawson Smith, and Johnathan GoreeChapter 17: Surgical instrumentationNomen AzeemChapter 18: Preoperative considerationsKenneth Fiala, Joshua Martens, and Alaa Abd-ElsayedChapter 19: Lateral fusionGustaf Van Acker, Jonathon Belding, and Chong H. KimChapter 20: Posterior fusionCory Ullger, Mogana V. Jayakumar, and Navdeep JassalChapter 21: Postoperative careUsman Latif, Tyler Concannon, and Andrew FrazierChapter 22: Complications and their managementHemant KaliaChapter 23: What if fusion fails?Hemant Kalia Index