Superior Facet Syndrome: Case Report.
- Author:
Young Beag KIM
1
;
Jong Sik SUK
;
Duck Young CHOI
;
Kwang Seh RHIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Sciatica;
Root entrapment;
Lateral recess;
Superior facet
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Intervertebral Disc Displacement;
Middle Aged;
Sciatica;
Spine
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1982;11(3):341-345
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The intense radicular pain of sciatica caused by a herniated disc is familiar. That similar symptoms may result from nerve root entrapment in a stenotic lateral vertebral recess without discal herniation is less well known and its possibility should be considered in the patients with root pain. We recently experienced a case of superior facet syndrome in a 57 years old female with intense sciatic pain. On operation, the right L-5 root was found to be entrapped in a stenotic lateral recess beneath the superior articular facet of the L-5 vertebra. There was no evidence of a herniated disc. The result was clinically excellent with surgical unroofing of the lateral recess with removal of the overhanging horizontal portion of the superior facet, L-5 vertebra of right.
