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 ...

At any given time, 10% of the adult population will be affected by neck pain. Although similar in incidence to low back pain, its has less of a socio-economic impact and uncommonly progresses to ...

Facet joint syndrome commonly affects the cervical (neck) and lumbar (lower back ... The gold standard in diagnosing facet joint pain are medial branch blocks and intra-articular injection of local ...

The cervical spine has seven vertebrae. The first two (known as C1 and C2 ... Unless there is an additional issue in the spine (such as disc degeneration), there is typically not much else that can be ...

Radiofrequency ablation is a common therapeutic modality to treat various types of chronic pain. The use of facet median nerve branch radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for cervical, thoracic and ...

When diagnosed, facet hypertrophy can be treated with pain medications ... located in the lower back is most commonly ...

Radiofrequency facet denervation is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat central neck or back pain caused by arthritis or injury to the facet joints. This procedure is also called RFD, ...

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to assess the benefits and harms of glucocorticoid facet joint injections in adults ...

The patient reported a drop in her VAS (Visual Analog Scale of 0-10 for pain measurement) from 9 pre-operation, to 1 one day post-operation and to 0 at 6 months post-op.” According to the company, ...