Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics Main Menu Home Page Stabilization of sacroiliac joint disruption with threaded compression rods. None of the implants failed and there was no subsequent displacement. Two patients had mild residual lower back pain, and one was treated with implant removal without subsequent relief of pain. One patient, in whom the operation was done 110 days after dislocation, had extension of an incomplete preoperative peroneal nerve palsy.
Compression is obtained with washers and nuts.
This procedure can be performed safely and effectively, providing stable fixation and allowing early mobilization to help lessen or prevent the complications associated with prolonged bed rest.