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Degenerative arthritis of the lumbar facet joints that has failed to respond to analgesia and conservative measures. As degenerative disease usually affects multiple joints within the lumbar spine, these injections should be reserved for patients with identified focal pathology on imaging and low back pain which if unilateral should match the site of pathology on imaging.
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Rankine, J., Harwood, P., Giannoudis, P.V. (2011). Lumbar Spine Facet Joint. In: Giannoudis, P. (eds) Practical Procedures in Orthopedic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-817-1_9
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