INTRODUCTION. Facet joint injections are often used in order to treat or diagnose diseases of those same joints (1-4).They can be guided by fluoroscopy, computed tomography, ultrasound, or magnetic ...

Using either fluoroscopy (a type of real-time X-ray) or a CT scan as a guide, your surgeon will insert the facet joint injection through your skin and into your joint.

Facet joint injections are performed under sterile conditions, typically, very similarly to how epidural steroid injections are done – in a small procedure room setting or small hospital setting (such ...

Background Facet joint-mediated pain has been identified as a common cause of lumbar pain. Steroid injections are currently made to treat them, they are usually performed under fluoroscopy or computed ...

The injections were distributed as follows: C2–3 (22%), C3–4 (40%), C4–5 (33%), and C5–6 (5% ). A lateral ultrasound-guided approach could have been used to administer cervical facet joint injections ...

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 ...

INTRODUCTION. Facet joint injections are often used in order to treat or diagnose diseases of those same joints (1-4).They can be guided by fluoroscopy, computed tomography, ultrasound, or magnetic ...