Contribution of facet joints to chronic low back pain in postlumbar laminectomy syndrome: a controlled comparative prevalence evaluation

• Published in: Pain physician Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 175 - 180
• Main Authors: Manchikanti, L, Pampati, V, Baha, A G, Fellows, B, Damron, K S, Barnhill, R C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society of Interventional Pain Physician 01.04.2001
• Subjects: Back pain

Postlumbar laminectomy syndrome, or pain following operative procedures of the lumbar spine, is increasingly a common entity in modern medicine. Multiple causes proposed for recurrence of pain after lumbar laminectomy are: epidural fibrosis, recurrent disc herniation, instability, and facet joints....