Facet arthropathy, also known as facet osteoarthritis, is a type of wear-and-tear arthritis affecting the spine. It affects the bony protrusions, called facet joints, that connect the bones of the ...

Medial Branch: Nerves that innervate the facet joints, playing a key role in transmitting pain signals from these joints. Osteoarthritis (OA): A degenerative joint disease characterized by the ...

[8] Degenerative changes of both the facet joints and the intervertebral disk cause the slip, which is rarely more than a grade I slip. Sagittal orientation of the facet joints and facet tropism ...

Axial unenhanced fast-spin echo T2-weighted (TR 2800, TE 80) MRI shows severe canal stenosis and severe bilateral facet joint degeneration with bony remodeling. In research arm 1, radiologists ...