The cervical facet joints, zygapophyseal joints, are diarthrodial joints formed by the inferior articular process and the corresponding proximal superior articular process of adjacent vertebral bodies. Pain generated by these joints is usually caused by degenerative changes. However, an acute, ...
Cervical facet joint arthropathy is mostly degenerative in nature, although facet joint mediated pain can occur secondary to trauma, acceleration-deceleration injury such as whiplash, or following prior fusion surgery due to adjacent segmental changes. 长期以来,颈椎关节突小关节被认为是颈痛的主要来源。
The effects from cervical facet joint injections in those patients who have been complaining cervical zygapophyseal joint pain were compared. The patients were diagnosed originally as myofascial pain syndrome (MPS), cervical herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), and whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). Pa...
A 64-year-old man with a complex medical history and previous cervical arthritis with discectomy presents with a 2-day history of neck and lower back pain and shortness of breath, associated with left-sided muscle weakness. He has a fever with severe sepsis causing acute renal failure. MRI ...
Suppose a patient has symptoms of cervical facet disease. In that case, it is common for them to experience pain from the neck and into the surrounding areas where the affected facet joint is located.How to treat facet disease Treatment for facet disease depends on the severity of the joint...
A definitive diagnosis of FJ mediated pain may require blocks at two separate sessions. When performing a single-level block only, there is a high false-positive rate (30–45%). Some authors have therefore advocated the performance of repeated blocks [71]. Cohen et al. showed a success rate...
Trans-foraminal infiltration through the ipsilateral facet joint for pain reduction in cases of cervical radiculopathy: clinical experience and resultsPeriklis ZavridisDimitrios FilippiadisKelekis Alexios
Facet joint osteoarthritis (FJ OA) is widely prevalent in older adults, and is thought to be a common cause of back and neck pain. The prevalence of facet-mediated pain in clinical populations increases with increasing age, suggesting that FJ OA might have a particularly important role in ...
Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) stimulation, after placing needle electrodes into the joint space, has been recently reported for the management of joint pain. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of intraarticular (IA) PRF for the management of cervical facet joint (CFJ) ...
Iconography : Cervical Facet-Mediated PainAlfred C Gellhorn