Facet Joint Syndrome Treatment & Surgery Options

The facet joints are the joints that connect each of their vertebrae to each other in order to allow for motion of the spine. Pain related to the facet joints is often called facet syndrome and it can be easily diagnosed. This is accomplished by doing a diagnostic facet injection, a numbing medication, injected into the facet joint. To determine which facet joint(s) is the cause of the pain, medication is injected into the involved facet joints. The alleviation of pain supports the diagnosis that one or more facet joint(s) are the pain generator(s).

Through advanced minimally invasive spinal surgery, the surgeons perform the Bonati facet debridement by using arthroscopes and lasers to vaporize irritated and painful nerves around the facets of the vertebrae.

The Bonati Spine Procedures uses specially designed probes and the Holmium YAG Laser to remove pain-inducing tissue in nerve branches above and below the affected facet joints on the spine. After a small incision is made, a tiny fiber optic camera is used to visualize the exact facet problem area and a laser is used to vaporize the painful nerves around the affected area.

The Bonati Spine Institute is the world leader in advanced spine surgery with the first spinal ambulatory surgical center in the United States. The Bonati Spine Institute is also the first spine institute in the United States to receive FDA approval for laser spine surgery and patents for instrumentation for spinal surgical procedures. With more than 75,000 successful procedures performed with proprietary procedures and instrumentation, we are proud to have over 98.75% patient satisfaction for long term relief and facet syndrome treatment options. The Bonati Spine Procedures usually take less than 1-hour and most patients find immediate relief.

The Bonati Spine Surgery For Facet Joint Syndrome

The Bonati Spine Procedures offer an array of surgical techniques for the treatment of facet syndrome. These procedures may include:

Facet Thermal Ablation for Facet Syndrome

A facet thermal ablation is a laser eradication of sensory nerves causing pain.

Laser Posterior Decompression for Facet Syndrome

Removes bone spurs or enlarged ligaments that are compressing the spinal cord and the nerves leading to the arms.

The Bonati Spine Institute encourages patients with facet syndrome to contact us to request a no-obligation MRI review or discuss your conditions with our medical professionals. Find out why The Bonati Spine Procedures are considered to be among the world’s best solutions when it comes to advanced spine surgery. Your pain from facet syndrome can become a thing of the past.