TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Facet Joint Interventions: Intra-Articular Injections, Medial Branch Blocks, and Radiofrequency Ablations A1 - Patel, Vikram B. A1 - Datta, Sukdeb A2 - Diwan, Sudhir A2 - Staats, Peter S. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures AB - The prevalence of persistent low back pain secondary to involvement of lumbosacral facet joints has been described in controlled studies as varying from 15% to 45% based on types of populations and setting studies. Lumbar facet joint interventions are used to diagnose as well as treat facet joint–related pain.Prevalence of thoracic facet joint pain has been shown to be 34% to 48% in patients with chronic thoracic back pain.Prevalence of cervical facet joint pain has been shown to be 36% to 67% in patients with chronic neck pain. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107196993 ER -