title: Percutaneous facet coagulation: indication, technique, results, and complications.
abstract: Literature has suggested that the facet joint is responsible for at least some low back pain. This article discusses the history, neuroanatomy, pain formation in the joints, definition of facet syndrome, diagnostics, therapy, a review of the literature, and complications of facet coagulation.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Department, Westfälischen Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jerosch
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Liljenqvist
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000294:innervation; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008488:Medical Illustration; D009420:Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000639:trends; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome