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Lumbar Facets Lecture

Dr. Mert Akbas discusses lumbar joint facets at the 24th Annual Gabor Racz Pain Conference and Workshop. After diagnostic procedures, lumbar facet pain can be treated with one of several techniques, most notably medial branch blocks and percutaneous radiofrequency medial branch neurotomy. However, these surgeries are delicate, and care must be taken, such as Dr. Akbas describes here.