title: Thoracic facet blocks: bent needle technique.
abstract: Thoracic posterior joints are putative pain generators; yet there is a paucity of information to assist the clinician in the diagnosis and treatment of dorsal spine pain. A safe and effective bent needle injection/arthrography technique is described which can assist in the diagnosis of some patients with thoracic zygapophyseal joint dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Spine Technology and Rehabilitation, 7230 Engle Road, Suite 210, Fort Wayne, IN-46804, USA. fortin@pol.net
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fortin
authors.forename: May Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McKee