| Facet joint arthrosis | |
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| Facet joints | |
| Specialty | Orthopedic |
Facet joint arthrosis is anintervertebral disc disorder. Thefacet joints or zygapophyseal joints aresynovial cartilage covered joints that limit the movement of the spine and preserve segmental stability. In the event of hypertrophy of the vertebrae painfularthrosis can occur.[1] The "lumbar facet arthrosis syndrome" was described in a 1987 article by S. M. Eisenstein and C. R. Parry ofWitwatersrand University.[2]
Computerized tomography is the ideal for typifying facet joint arthrosis; evidence suggests thatmagnetic resonance imaging is not as sensitive in identifying bony changes.[3]
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