In 1977, the suspension span had a 3 I. wide slurry seal placed on the edge of the. deck from the pipe curb on both sides of the. bridge. This slurry seal held up well, but was. not in the traffic area so a real test was. not conducted.
Just like the hip and the knee, the facet joints can also become arthritic and painful, and they can be a source of back pain. The pain and discomfort that is caused by degeneration and arthritis of this part of the spine is called facet arthropathy, which simply means a disease or abnormality of the facet joints.he ICD-9 code for lumbar facet arthropathy is 721.3. Lumbar facet  arthropathy is a degenerative condition of the lumbar facet joints  in the spine which shows arthritic ch â¦ anges.
Facet joint injection in low-back pain. A prospective statistical study. Spine. 1988 Sep. 13(9):966-71. . Kawu AA, Olawepo A, Salami AO. Facet joints infiltration: a viable alternative treatment to physiotherapy in patients with low back pain due to facet joint arthropathy. Niger J Clin Pract. 2011 Apr-Jun. 14(2):219-22. .