Patent ID: 9452065
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method for surgical exposure of a sacroiliac joint in a human patient, comprising: making a deep, vertical, longitudinal incision in the posterior of the patient to expose deep fascia and an iliac crest of an ilium directly overlying the sacroiliac joints; predrilling at least one hole for a fastener medially from the iliac crest laterally into a main body of the ilium through an area that is later subject to iliac osteotomy; using iliac osteotomic cutting of a medial portion of the iliac crest overhanging the sacroiliac joint to free it so it can thereafter be moved medially out of the way to expose the corresponding underlying sacroiliac joint; using an access of the sacroiliac joint thus afforded by such exposure of the sacroiliac joint to complete a predetermined surgical procedure; restoring said medial portion of the iliac crest to its original position overhanging the sacroiliac joint and securing it to the ilium using a fasteners installed in said predrilled hole; and closing the incision; wherein, surgical invasion of the patient's body to expose the sacroiliac joint is thereby minimized, and the iliac osteotomy is precisely restored as original.