Facet hypertrophy generally worsens over time, though treatment can help you manage pain and slow disease progress. Most ...

Severe cases may require surgery. Facet joints are found along the back ... By definition, arthropathy refers to any type of disease affecting a joint, including arthritis. Osteoarthritis is ...

Objective: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of dexamethasone-21-palmitate and mepivacaine alone and in combination in the acute treatment of facet syndrome. Results: In all three groups ...

In almost all cases, the diseased joints were the facet joints of the lumbar spine ... which ranged from severe to very severe on the Likert scale (mean score 3.4). Baseline stress pain almost ...