{"id":8731,"date":"2025-11-24T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-webdesign.ch\/rischke\/?page_id=8731"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:43:21","slug":"spondylarthrosis-facet-joint-arthrosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spine-center-rischke.ch\/en\/behandlungen\/spondylarthrose-facettengelenkarthrose\/","title":{"rendered":"Spondylarthrosis Facet joint arthrosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8731\" class=\"elementor elementor-8731\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c6147 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55c6147\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6006b11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6006b11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1604a1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1604a1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f87b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0f87b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be9c1e0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be9c1e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c4573 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10c4573\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e58f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63e58f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spondylarthrose \u2013 Facettengelenksarthrose\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725c20e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"725c20e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Als Spondylarthrose bezeichnet man einen Verschlei\u00df der Wirbelgelenke oder Gelenkfacetten. Diese haben die Aufgabe, die hintere S\u00e4ule der Wirbels\u00e4ule zu stabilisieren. In \u00fcber 90% tritt die Facettenarthrose sekund\u00e4r auf, d.h. als Folge einer Degeneration und Schrumpfung der Bandscheiben, was mit einem Verlust der normalen Bandscheibenh\u00f6he verbunden ist. Dadurch werden auch die Facetten aufeinander gepresst und erleiden somit auf Dauer ebenfalls einen Verschlei\u00dfprozess. In etwa 10% kann eine Facettenarthrose auch prim\u00e4r entstehen und wird beobachtet bei jugendlicher (= idiopathischer) Skoliose oder angeborenem Hohlkreuz (Hyperlordose). Diese Arthrose der Facettengelenke kann sehr schmerzhaft sein. Oft helfen dagegen regelm\u00e4\u00dfige Physiotherapie oder Infiltrationen von Schmerzmitteln in die Facettengelenke. Sollte dies nicht dauerhaft zum Erfolg f\u00fchren, k\u00f6nnen die Facetten auch operativ denerviert werden, d.h. die Nerven\u00e4ste, die in das Facettengelenk m\u00fcnden, werden durchtrennt. Dadurch kann eine Schmerzfreiheit erlangt werden, die Ursache wird hier allerdings nicht beseitigt. Moderne dynamische interne Fixateure oder auch erste Entwicklungen von Facettengelenks-Endoprothesen sind Erfolg versprechend. Nach operativer Entfernung der erkrankten Facettenanteile \u00fcbernehmen diese Implantate die Funktion der Facettengelenke und geben der Wirbels\u00e4ule ihre notwendige Stabilit\u00e4t.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcf198 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"6bcf198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\r\n{\r\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\r\n  \"@type\": \"MedicalWebPage\",\r\n  \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.spine-center-rischke.ch\/behandlungen\/spondylarthrose-facettengelenkarthrose\/\",\r\n  \"lastReviewed\": \"2025-01-01\",\r\n  \"reviewedBy\": {\r\n    \"@type\": \"Physician\",\r\n    \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.spine-center-rischke.ch\/prof-dr-med-b-rischke-phd\/#physician\",\r\n    \"name\": \"Prof. Dr. med. 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These joints are responsible for stabilising the rear column of the spine. In over 90%, facet joint arthrosis occurs secondarily, i.e. as a result of degeneration and shrinkage of the intervertebral discs, which is associated with a loss of normal disc height. 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