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All along the back of the spine, at each level, a pair of small facet joints connects the vertebrae — the bony building blocks of the spine — holding the vertebral column together and providing support. These small joints may become inflamed due to a variety of conditions including osteoarthritis, disc degeneration, spinal stenosis, or […]
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I advanced the needle towards the facet joint until I got good position of the needle into the AP, lateral and oblique view at the above levels. We had positive aspirate of yellow serous fluid from both joints and negative parethesia. I injected 1 ml of Omnipaque 300mg/mL, which showed good spread of the dye along the facet joint at the right L4-L5 and L3-L4. I had negative aspirate and negative paresthesia.
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