Facet joints are in the back of the spine, formed like hinges to link vertebra together. Arthritis can inflame these joints, causing pain and impaired motion. Treatments include medication, physical therapy, and anesthetic or steroid injections. In the most severe cases surgical relief may be required, fusing the vertebra to reduce pain-causing movement.
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Facet arthritis
- Cervical Corpectomy
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Degenerative disc disease
- Epidural Spinal injections
- Facet arthritis
- Fracture
- Herniated Disc
- Hip Fracture
- Joint Drainage
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Laminoforamiotomy
- Laminoplasty
- Laminotomy
- Lower back pain
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Minimally invasive procedures
- Neck pain
- Neurostimulation
- Posterior cervical fusions
- Robotic surgery
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Spinal cord stimulators
- Spinal deformities
- Spinal fractures
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Nerve Block
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Steroid Injection