The facet joints are subject to degenerative changes due to repetitive stress and mild trauma, which lead to local inflammation, bone hypertrophy ... are L4–L5 and L5–S1, so the nerves ...

Todd Lanman, MD, and Jared Ament, MD, performed the first known case combining the Motus total joint replacement implant and the Tops system at adjacent levels. The landmark case was performed on a ...

I have been diagnosed after x-rays with "bilateral spondylolysis at L5 resulting in Grade 1 polisthesis of L5 in relation to S1. Mild facet hypertrophy at L5/S1.On referring back to my GP, he informed ...

facet hypertrophy Percutaneous laser discectomy Same as standard microdiscectomy History of previous lumbar surgery, workman's compensation, stenosis, facet hypertrophy, free fragment Artificial ...