Dr. Babajide Ogunseinde with Longview Regional Spine Surgery OR Team and Longview Regional CEO, Steve Gordon.

Technique performed first in the nation in Longview and now regularly at Longview Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Babajide Ogunseinde, a Harvard trained Orthopedic Spine Surgeon with Longview Orthopedics Regional Clinics collaborated to design a unique posterior medial to lateral technique (PML) for treating sacroiliac joint dysfunction  This technique originated at Longview Regional Medical Center, and it is now an FDA approved method of sacroiliac joint dysfunction treatment for our local community here in Longview.

This minimally invasive approach makes it easy to address bilateral sacroiliac dysfunction with one surgery and with a  small 2 cm incision. This new minimally invasive procedure offers East Texas patients‘ reassurance of the commitment to stay on the cutting-edge of treatment options. This technique has been approved for nationwide teaching to spinal  surgeons that perform sacroiliac joint fusions.

The innovative technology offers a specially designed, 3D-printed implant that stabilizes and fuses excessive motions of the sacroiliac joints, as well as simplifies minimally invasive sacroiliac (SI) joint fusions – all with minimal soft tissue trauma and minimal to no blood loss in surgery.

This advanced technology and technique have proven successful in producing early pain relief after surgery with no weight bearing restrictions post operatively, offering improved quality of life where many other treatments and surgical options have proven unsuccessful.

The minimally invasive surgery consists of 3D printed cannulated cylindrical, titanium (Ti 6AI4V ELI) implants with a porous surface and fenestrations for both on growth and in-growth bony fusion across the bone-metal interface. The instrument system uses guide pins and parallel guides for accurate placement.

Benefits of the PML minimally invasive surgical procedure are:

• Minimally invasive surgical approach can be done through a single small 1.5-cm incision
• Single surgeon position got fixing both SI joints
• Minimal blood loss
• No weight bearing restrictions after surgery
• Designed trajectory is away from any neurovascular structure
• Easily reproducible