Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Medial Branch and Intra-articular Facet Injections

Authors

David A. Provenzano, M.D.
Executive Director
Institute for Pain Diagnostics and Care
Ohio Valley General Hospital
McKees Rocks, PA 15136

Commentary

Bernhard Moriggl, M.D.
Professor
Innsbruck Medical University
Innsbruck, Austria

Introduction - TOP

Zygapophysial (facet) joint mediated pain has been identified as a source of chronic low back and neck pain. The lumbar facet joints are the etiology of low back pain in anywhere from 15% in younger patients to 40% in older patients.1,2 Below we will describe the relevant anatomy, sonoanatomy, and the ultrasound-guided interventional procedures for lumbar facet joint associated pain.

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