Facet joint injections are effective for many who suffer from back or neck pain. But other times, the results they expect do ...
Lumbar total disc replacement patients tended to have more facet injections following surgery compared to those having anterolateral lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study published in the ...
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5. Injection (s), diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet (zygapophyseal) joint (or nerves innervating that joint) with image guidance (fluoroscopy or CT), lumbar or sacral; second level ...
Additionally, "facet joint or sacroiliac joint interventions in US Medicare recipients increased from approximately 425 000 in 2000 to 2.2 million interventions in 2013," write the researchers. One of ...