Duke Health & Med-IQ: Sacroiliac Joint Pain: The Role of Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery

Key Features

It can be challenging to diagnose sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain because symptoms may resemble other lumbar spine and hip conditions. Providers should be aware of how to diagnose SIJ pain and how to manage patients with this condition, including when to consider surgical management such as minimally invasive robotic surgery.

Topics Covered

Sacroiliac joint pain diagnosis and management, including minimally invasive robotic surgery

Learning Objectives

1. Understand how to diagnose sacroiliac joint pain
2. Identify the potential advantages of minimally invasive robotic surgery for sacroiliac joint fusion

Target Audience

This activity is intended for orthopaedic surgeons.

Additional credit info

Med-IQ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Med-IQ designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

To have your AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ reported to ABS, please submit your request to [email protected]; be sure to include your first and last name, month and day of birth, and ABS ID number. Supplying this additional data serves as permission for Med-IQ to transmit your CME credit to ABS via the ACCME PARS system.

Advanced practice providers and other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity will receive a Statement of Participation indicating the maximum credits available.