Does Lumbar Facet Arthrosis Precede Disc Degeneration?
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The Lumbar Facet Arthrosis Syndrome
We describe a lumbar facet syndrome in which disabling symptoms are associated with normal or nearnormal plain radiographs. Local spinal fusion relieved symptoms in 12 patients; the excised facet joint surfaces showed some of the histological changes seen in chondromalacia patellae and in osteoarthritis of other large joints. The most frequent change was focal full-thickness cartilage necrosis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0009-921X
DOI: 10.1097/blo.0b013e3181583d4e