Facet joints are small joints located between the vertebrae in the spine, playing a crucial role in spinal stability and movement. Recent research has increasingly focused on the morphology of ...

Facet joint pain is a common source of chronic ... found that radiofrequency neurotomy does not lead to fatty degeneration of the lumbar paraspinal muscles, alleviating concerns about potential ...

Sixteen adult human lumbar spine facet joints were harvested from patients undergoing various lumbar spine procedures. Diagnoses included degenerative disc disease, adult spinal deformity ...

Neck arthritis (also known as neck osteoarthritis or cervical spondylosis) is the degeneration of the joints, bones, and discs of the cervical spine of the neck. Neck arthritis is a common condition, ...

While endovascular treatment of those conditions is well‐established, stenting of vertebral artery (VA) compression stenosis due to cervical facet hypertrophy is uncommon. We describe a case of VA ...

Conclusion: CT-guided infiltration of dexamethasone palmitate, particularly in combination with mepivacaine, represents a safe and effective method for the acute therapy of lumbar facet syndrome.

By definition, the lumbar disc spaces should increase in height in the cranial to caudal direction ... Kappa scores were fair (0.41–0.60) for Schmorls nodes on radiographs and HIZ, and substantial ...

In contrast to disc replacement results, the posterior interbody fusion procedure revealed the possibility of accelerated degeneration of the annulus and facet joint at both adjacent levels.