Use of CT, rather than radiography, ensures greater safety of targeted intra-articular injections into the facet joints. Injection of local anaesthetics and corticosteroids has a long history of ...

with that of intra-articular mepivacaine alone in patients with facet syndrome. The treatment variables were change in pain score (at rest, during stress and during compression of the diseased ...

The ribs themselves attach to the spine in 3 places: the superior articular facet, the inferior articular facet, and the transverse costal facet. These 3 joints provide a stable tripod effect to ...

This week we are going to discuss a rather obscure topic…that of intra-articular inclusions in cervical facet joints. The cervical facet joints include the very top alanto-occipital joint ...