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Unilateral lumbar facet joint hypertrophy causing nerve root irritation
G P Wilde1, E P Szypryt, R C Mulholland
1Spinal Research Unit, Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital, Mansfield.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
We present four cases of massive unilateral lumbar facet joint hypertrophy in an otherwise morphologically normal spine. All presented with a combination of low back pain and symptoms of entrapment of a single lumbar nerve root. The abnormality is best visualised by CT scanning and the results of surgical decompression by partial undercutting facetectomy are favourable.