Tag: minimally invasive therapy

Ozone therapy as a treatment for low back pain secondary to herniated disc: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

This 2012 systematic review and meta-analysis titled “Ozone therapy as a treatment for low back pain secondary to herniated disc” (Pain Physician, PMID: [22430658]*) evaluated eight observational studies and four randomized controlled trials to assess the efficacy of percutaneous ozone injections for chronic low back pain due to disc herniation.

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The Effect of Paravertebral Ozone Injection in the Treatment of Low Back Pain

This 2019 retrospective observational study titled “The Effect of Paravertebral Ozone Injection in the Treatment of Low Back Pain” (Pain Practice, DOI: [10.1111/papr.12812*) evaluated the impact of paravertebral ozone/oxygen injections on 62 patients with chronic low back pain. Patients received 50 mL of a 15 µg/mL ozone mixture weekly for

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Treatment of the lumbar disc herniation with intradiscal and intraforaminal injection of oxygen-ozone

This 2013 randomized controlled trial titled “Treatment of the Lumbar Disc Herniation with Intradiscal and Intraforaminal Injection of Oxygen-Ozone” (Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, DOI: [10.3233/BMR-130386]*) assessed the effectiveness of oxygen-ozone injections with or without steroids in 172 patients suffering from lumbar disc herniation and radicular pain. Both groups—oxygen-ozone

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