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What is Facet Block L3/4/5?

A facet block is an injection of local anesthetic and steroid into a joint in the spine. They are typically ordered for patients who have pain primarily in their back coming from arthritic changes in the facet joints or for mechanical low back pain. A facet block may be therapeutic and/or diagnostic

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 2 0
Back pain 1 0
Diagnostic assessment 1 0
Doctor recommendation 1 0
Arthritis pain 1 1 Efficacy_major
Pain in legs 1 0

See all 3 patients currently having Facet Block L3/4/5

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Facet Block L3/4/5

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Facet Block L3/4/5

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 100%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Facet Block L3/4/5

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 28, 2012.