Cervical Facet Joint Syndrome

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    Cervical Facet Joint Syndrome

    by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP)

    GENERAL One of the most common causes of chronic cervical (neck) pain is the facet joint syndrome. More than 50% of patients visiting pain clinics for cervical pain, suffer from facet joint syndrome. This percentage is far higher than the corresponding rate of patients suffering from lumbar facet joint syndrome. ANATOMY Every vertebra has two [...]