The surgery I had was pretty intense and lasted four hours...My surgeon did an excellent job on a very complicated surgery.
He began by cleaning out the bony growth and cartilage in the sacroiliac joints. Once the joints were cleaned out he created a substance from the bone graft taken from the back of my iliac bones and cemented the iliac bone on both sides to either side of the sacrum. Once they were glued together, titanium screws were inserted through the iliac into the rebuilt joint. Each of the screws attached to a titanium rod that compressed the joints together. By fixing the joints with hardware, the sacroiliac joint will fuse correctly into one solid bone.
I am really hopeful that this will be the only surgery, but the AS has started fusing my lumbar spine and only time will tell if it will have to be fixed and fused as well.
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