SC MEDICA announces a world first: the successful fully percutaneous, tubeless facet cage arthrodesis using the FFX® ...

While some guidelines recommend two diagnostic nerve blocks before radiofrequency treatment for chronic low back pain, a randomized trial showed greater success without use of the prior blocks. The ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Twelve specialty societies, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists and others whose members include pain physicians, have joined together to maintain coverage for facet joint injection ...

Studies Conducted at University of Louisville on Medicare and Medicaid Recently Reported (Utilization of Facet Joint and Sacroiliac Joint Interventions in Medicare Population from 2000 to 2014: ...

Facet arthropathy can cause lower back pain and usually doesn’t cause widespread spine disease. The pain may get worse when bending backward, standing, or twisting. Facets are the posterior (back) ...