Conclusion: CT-guided infiltration of dexamethasone palmitate, particularly in combination with mepivacaine, represents a safe and effective method for the acute therapy of lumbar facet syndrome.

Facet hypertrophy, also known as facet syndrome, is a common condition in ... located on the symmetrical wing-shaped ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis indicated that facet tropism is associated with lumbar disc herniation and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, suggesting that variations in facet joint ...

In almost all cases, the diseased joints were the facet joints of the lumbar spine (L3/L4 = 30 cases; L4/L5 = 145 cases; L5/L6 = 128 cases); only two cases involved the cervical spine (C6/C7).