Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1934;16:706-708.
© 1934 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
LUMBOSACRAL FACETECTOMY FOR RELIEF OF SCIATIC PAIN
A Case Report
C. L. MITCHELL M.D.1
1 The Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
A case is reported of sciatic pain, due to impingement of the fifth lumbar nerve in the intervertebral foramen, which was successfully treated by facetectomy and lumbosacral fusion.