Sep 15, 2026 · 46 min · 10 segments
In this episode, Ayesha and Andrew discuss the **September 16, 2026** issue of JBJS, along with an added dose of entertainment and pop culture. Listen at the gym, on your commute, or whenever your…
Andrew SchoenfeldHost
Aisha AbdeenHostSo I don't know how it's supposed to be pronounced, but I was going with CIFSO trial.
where I got a comment back from an editorial board member who said that there needed to be less throat clearing in the manuscript.
So the premise here that I was not familiar with the CIFSO trial, and that is because it was published in the eClinical Medicine Journal in 2024, which seems unusual to me that it would publish there and then this concise follow-up publishes in JBJS, but...
I wouldn't say they're especially common in the neck of the woods where we practice, But in other parts of the country, I do know they're used quite frequently and with an increasing frequency.
Two of these compared SI joint fusion with non-surgical management that demonstrated superior results for SI joint fusion.
beyond the six-month time point due to considerable crossover, which we see in a lot of op versus non-op studies that plagued the strict intent to treat interpretation of the sports studies, for example.
I don't think an IRB would approve it, but they were able to do it in their location.
And in their initial study, which only looked at six-month outcomes, which also I thought was a little bit unusual, typically you include six months on the way to at least one year.
Two years is kind of the, particularly in joint replacement, two years is kind of the expected.
Like you're not going to get something published if it doesn't have two-year data.
So I don't know how it's supposed to be pronounced, but I was going with CIFSO trial.
where I got a comment back from an editorial board member who said that there needed to be less throat clearing in the manuscript.
So the premise here that I was not familiar with the CIFSO trial, and that is because it was published in the eClinical Medicine Journal in 2024, which seems unusual to me that it would publish there and then this concise follow-up publishes in JBJS, but...
I wouldn't say they're especially common in the neck of the woods where we practice, But in other parts of the country, I do know they're used quite frequently and with an increasing frequency.
Two of these compared SI joint fusion with non-surgical management that demonstrated superior results for SI joint fusion.
beyond the six-month time point due to considerable crossover, which we see in a lot of op versus non-op studies that plagued the strict intent to treat interpretation of the sports studies, for example.
I don't think an IRB would approve it, but they were able to do it in their location.
And in their initial study, which only looked at six-month outcomes, which also I thought was a little bit unusual, typically you include six months on the way to at least one year.
Two years is kind of the, particularly in joint replacement, two years is kind of the expected.
Like you're not going to get something published if it doesn't have two-year data.
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