Back pain is the most common complaint in a pain ... one may conclude that with careful patient selection, RF lesioning of the facet joint is effective with a number needed to treat of 1.1 and ...
Chronic pain in the lumbar region is extremely common ... complaint is a pathological alteration or irritation of the facet joints that leads to the painful condition. Facet syndrome occurs ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old male and have had pain in my buttocks down to my outside thigh muscles. My primary care doctor ordered an MRI of the lower back and referred me to an orthopedic ...