Septic Sacroiliitis in a 53-Year-Old Adult: A Case Report.

A 53-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with 10/10 right buttock pain that radiated to the right groin. With no reported recent injury, the absence of fever, and no identifiable risk factors, an infectious etiology, including septic sacroiliitis (SSI), is at the end spectrum of the differential. SSI is a rare condition with nonspecific findings that can lead to major complications, including death.

Surgical Cost Disclosure May Reduce Operating Room Expenditures.

Health care expenditures are rising in the United States. Recent policy changes are attempting to reduce spending through the development of value-based payment systems that rely heavily on cost transparency. This study was conducted to investigate whether cost disclosure influences surgeons to reduce operating room expenditures.

Update on the role of z-joint injection and radiofrequency neurotomy for cervicogenic headache.

Cervicogenic headache is a common secondary headache that typically is referred from the upper cervical spine, that is, segments C3-C4 and rostral. Diagnostic injections to one or more of these segmental joints (including the atlanto-occipital joint, atlanto-axial joint, and C2-C3 and C3-C4 zygapophysial joints [z-joints]) frequently are used to establish the pain generator in the cervical spine that is responsible for the radiation of pain into the head. Therapeutic interventions used to alleviate pain include corticosteroid injections into the z-joint (ie, C2-C3 and C3-C4) or bony articulations (ie, C0-C1 and C2-C2), and percutaneous radiofrequency (RF) neurotomy at the C2-C3 and C3-C4 z-joints.

"Heading" and neck injuries in soccer: a review of biomechanics and potential long-term effects.

Background: Although soccer has a lower injury rate than does American football, injuries to the head and neck do occur. Indeed, soccer is classified as a contact sport. The potential for cervical injuries from the maneuver known as "heading" are of particular concern.