Mohamed Mohi Eldin

Professor of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Publications

• Original Article
  Dysfunctional sacroiliac joint pain following lumbar discectomy/laminectomy
  Author(s): Ahmed Salah Aldin Hassan, Mohamed Mohi Eldin*, Ahmed Hegazy and Mohamed Adel Ghoneim
  
  Overview of Literature: Pain arising at the sacroiliac joint is in most instances dysfunctional without concomitant radiographic findings. There have been some reports in the literature describing the occurrence of sacroiliac joint pain following lumbar spine surgery including laminectomy, discectomy and fusion. However, the issue hasn’t yet been widely evaluated in the literature. Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence and laterality of dysfunctional sacroillac joint pain following lumbar spine surgery without fixation and to evaluate the efficacy of fluoroscopic or CT guided injection as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Study Design: Forty-four patients suffering back pain and / or lower extremity pain with recent history of spinal operation are included having pain clinically suspicious of being of sacroiliac origin. Methods: Cli.. Read More»