Facet hypertrophy can be confirmed with a diagnostic nerve block. This involves administering an anesthetic injection into ...

A lumbar facet injection is also referred to as a lumbar facet joint block. In this procedure, a local anesthetic agent (numbing medicine) is injected into your back: specifically, the small ...

In general, one may conclude that with careful patient selection, RF lesioning of the facet joint is effective with ... V to confirm that there is no motor nerve ablation. Thermal RFA is carried ...

Nerve ablation most often helps to relieve facet joint-mediated pain—or pain that ... They will then recommend a diagnostic ...