Objective: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of dexamethasone-21-palmitate and mepivacaine alone and in combination in the acute treatment of facet syndrome. Results: In all three groups ...

Facet hypertrophy, also known as facet syndrome, is a common condition in which the facet joints in the spine become enlarged ...

In almost all cases, the diseased joints were the facet joints of the lumbar spine (L3/L4 = 30 cases; L4/L5 = 145 cases; L5/L6 = 128 cases); only two cases involved the cervical spine (C6/C7).