Many Facet Disease Patients Are Perfect Candidates for LSI’s Minimally Invasive Procedures

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Many Facet Disease Patients Are Perfect Candidates for LSI’s Minimally Invasive Procedures

Most of us take the flexibility of our spinal column for granted. We can all thank our facet joints for making our spinal column as flexible as it is. Facet joints are links between the vertebrae (or bones) of our spine. With a facet joint directly above and below each vertebra, our spinal column is built to bend and stretch as we do.

When facet disease affects these vital joints, you will experience pain in the joint and in related parts of the body. What this means is, if you have facet disease in the lower back, pain can radiate to the hips and thighs. Likewise, if facet disease is in the neck, pain can travel to the shoulders and arms.

At Laser Spine Institute, we perform a minimally invasive outpatient procedure called facet thermal ablation to deaden the pain of facet disease, similar to the way a dentist deadens localized nerves during a root canal. To find out if you are a candidate for facet thermal ablation, the first step is verifying that you suffer from facet disease. Diagnosing the disease is fairly simple and is accomplished by giving you an injection of numbing mediation in your facet joint. If the numbing medication succeeds in deadening your pain, then you have facet disease and may be a candidate for facet thermal ablation.
Our innovative facet thermal ablation laser surgery can be used to treat virtually any form of facet disease, including:

Degenerative facet joints
Facet arthritis
Facet joint syndrome
Facet hypertrophy

Facet thermal ablation is a wonderful solution for many patients because it does not require a hospital stay or general anesthesia. This laser back surgery also has a short recovery time, extremely low risk compared to open back surgery, and a very high success rate.

To find out if you might be a candidate for facet thermal ablation, contact Laser Spine Institute today to receive a free MRI or CT scan review.

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