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The Facet Joint And Low Back Pain: A Clinical Study, Chorng-Sonq Chou, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Therapeutic injection of facet joints is now widely practised, but Chinese experience has been infrequently reported. 21patients with suffering from the ”facet syndrome” have been taken from OPD patients, Our series including total 30 intra-articular injections C 2% Xylocaine & Kenacort A preparation provide a diagnostic-therapeutic block; Certainty of joint penetration can be ensured only by the routine use of joint arthrography ￠ Metrazamide. Results indicate that immediate effective is 61.9% for releiving pain. It means this block is a good diagnostic-therapeutic procedure in low back pain patients.