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 ...

Co-Chief Emeritus of the spine service at HSS, Harvinder Sandhu, M.D., told OTW, “Historically, depression is associated with ...

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[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 ...