Estudios científicos
Estudios clinicos en pacientes con hernia discal tratados con ozono
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- Atcı, IB, Turk, O, Demirel, N, Demir, H, Gurcan Atci, A, Karaoglu, AC et al.. Effects of Ozone Disc Nucleolysis in Management of Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disc: A Retrospective Single-Center Study of 149 Patients. Med Sci Monit. 2024;30 :e944645. doi: 10.12659/MSM.944645. PubMed PMID:39014873 PubMed Central PMC11302184.
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- Yadav, RK, Sherpa, T, Hamal, PK, Pokhrel, N, Thakur, JP, Amatya, SP et al.. Clinical Outcome for Lumbar Disc Herniation Treatment with Intradiscal Oxygen-ozone Therapy. J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2024;21 (4):684-688. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v21i4.5070. PubMed PMID:38616603 .
- Albano, D, Messina, C, Gitto, S, Fusco, S, Sconfienza, LM, Bellelli, A et al.. US/CT fusion imaging and virtual navigation to guide lumbar intradiscal oxygen-ozone therapy: a pilot study. J Ultrasound. 2024;27 (2):291-296. doi: 10.1007/s40477-023-00835-y. PubMed PMID:38102520 PubMed Central PMC11178682.
- Latini, E, Nusca, SM, Curci, ER, Boaretto, D, Santoboni, F, Trischitta, D et al.. Intramuscular paravertebral oxygen-ozone therapy for chronic neck pain and low back pain: evaluation of 6-month clinical outcomes. Med Gas Res. 2024;14 (1):6-11. doi: 10.4103/2045-9912.374388. PubMed PMID:37721249 PubMed Central PMC10710283.
- Latini, E, Bonasia, G, Petroselli, L, Mazzola, M, Musa, F, Santoboni, F et al.. Alpha-Lipoic Acid, Palmitoylethanolamide, Myrrh, and Oxygen-Ozone Therapy Improve Pharmacological Therapy in Acute Painful Lumbosacral Radiculopathy due to Herniated Disc. Pain Physician. 2023;26 (4):E363-E373. . PubMed PMID:37535783 .
- Sumida, JM, Matera, JM, Hayashi, AM. Randomized single-blinded prospective comparison between ozone therapy and electroacupuncture for canine thoracolumbar disk disease. Res Vet Sci. 2023;161 :173-179. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.06.019. PubMed PMID:37413829 .
- Somma, F, Negro, A, Tortora, M, Gemini, L, Pace, G, Fasano, F et al.. Sex life and low back pain: The impact of intradiscal ozone therapy in patients with herniated lumbar disc. Interv Neuroradiol. 2023; :15910199231183108. doi: 10.1177/15910199231183108. PubMed PMID:37321647 .
- Ghatge, SB, Shah, RP, Surya, N, Sankhala, S, Unadkat, CJ, Khan, GM et al.. Ozone disc nucleolysis in the management of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc: A retrospective analysis. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. 2023;14 (1):16-23. doi: 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_141_22. PubMed PMID:37213581 PubMed Central PMC10198213.
- Grangeat, AM, Erario, MLA. The Use of Medical Ozone in Chronic Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Can Be an Etiological and Conservative Treatment. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24 (7):. doi: 10.3390/ijms24076538. PubMed PMID:37047511 PubMed Central PMC10095297.
- Zhang, W, Wang, Z, Yin, J, Bai, Y, Qiu, F, Zhang, H et al.. Clinical treatment of lumbar disc herniation. Ann Ital Chir. 2022;93 :457-462. . PubMed PMID:36155998 .
- Mungmunpuntipantip, R, Wiwanitkit, V. COVID-19, intradiscal ozone therapy and back pain: a correspondence. Radiol Med. 2022;127 (10):1179. doi: 10.1007/s11547-022-01544-y. PubMed PMID:36057928 PubMed Central PMC9440995.
- Re, K, Gandhi, J, Liang, R, Patel, S, Joshi, G, Smith, NL et al.. Clinical utility of ozone therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy in degenerative disc disease. Med Gas Res. 2023;13 (1):1-6. doi: 10.4103/2045-9912.351890. PubMed PMID:35946215 PubMed Central PMC9480354.
- Fathy, W, Hussein, M, Ibrahim, RE, Abdel-Aziz, MM, Adel, S, Soliman, SH et al.. Comparative effect of transforaminal injection of Magnesium sulphate versus Ozone on oxidative stress biomarkers in lumbar disc related radicular pain. BMC Anesthesiol. 2022;22 (1):254. doi: 10.1186/s12871-022-01789-0. PubMed PMID:35941548 PubMed Central PMC9358797.
- Bonetti, M, Lauritano, D, Ottaviani, GM, Fontana, A, Zambello, A, Della Gatta, L et al.. Oxygen-Ozone Therapy Associated with Alpha Lipoic Acid Plus Palmitoylethanolamide and Myrrh versus Ozone Therapy in the Combined Treatment of Sciatic Pain Due to Herniated Discs: Observational Study on 318 Patients. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19 (9):. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095716. PubMed PMID:35565111 PubMed Central PMC9100908.
- Somma, F, Negro, A, D'Agostino, V, Piscitelli, V, Pace, G, Tortora, M et al.. COVID-19 and low back pain: previous infections lengthen recovery time after intradiscal ozone therapy in patients with herniated lumbar disc. Radiol Med. 2022;127 (6):673-680. doi: 10.1007/s11547-022-01500-w. PubMed PMID:35536526 PubMed Central PMC9088142.
- Salaria, AK, Dhatt, SS, Kumar, V, Neradi, D, Sodavarapu, P, Kumar, N et al.. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of the Spine Secondary to Oxygen - Ozone Therapy for Prolapse Intervertebral Disc: A Scoping Review. J Orthop Case Rep. 2021;11 (6):23-26. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i06.2242. PubMed PMID:35437492 PubMed Central PMC9009488.
- Somma, F, Gatta, G, Negro, A, Tortora, M, Rea, G, Tamburrini, S et al.. Intradiscal ozone therapy: fluoroscopic guidance reduces operative time in comparison with CT guidance in patients with lumbar disc herniation. Radiol Med. 2022;127 (5):526-533. doi: 10.1007/s11547-022-01469-6. PubMed PMID:35290568 .
- Somma, F, D'Agostino, V, Negro, A, Piscitelli, V, Tamburrini, S, Sicignano, C et al.. Radiation exposure and clinical outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous intradiscal ozone therapy for disc herniation: Fluoroscopic versus conventional CT guidance. PLoS One. 2022;17 (3):e0264767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264767. PubMed PMID:35290390 PubMed Central PMC8923460.
- Kelekis, A, Bonaldi, G, Cianfoni, A, Filippiadis, D, Scarone, P, Bernucci, C et al.. Intradiscal oxygen-ozone chemonucleolysis versus microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniation radiculopathy: a non-inferiority randomized control trial. Spine J. 2022;22 (6):895-909. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.11.017. PubMed PMID:34896609 .
- Krahulik, D, Vaverka, M, Hrabalek, L, Pohlodek, D, Jablonsky, J, Valosek, J et al.. Periradicular corticosteroid infiltration for radicular pain - comparison of Diprophos and Depomedrone and ozone effects. Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2023;167 (1):80-84. doi: 10.5507/bp.2021.061. PubMed PMID:34782796 .
- Sconza, C, Leonardi, G, Kon, E, Respizzi, S, Massazza, G, Marcacci, M et al.. Oxygen-ozone therapy for the treatment of low back pain: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2021;25 (19):6034-6046. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202110_26881. PubMed PMID:34661263 .
- Simon, C, Le Corroller, T, Pauly, V, Creze, M, Champsaur, P, Guenoun, D et al.. Intradiscal oxygen-ozone therapy for the treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation: A preliminary study. J Neuroradiol. 2022;49 (2):180-186. doi: 10.1016/j.neurad.2021.09.004. PubMed PMID:34634298 .
- Erario, MLÁ, Croce, E, Moviglia Brandolino, MT, Moviglia, G, Grangeat, AM. Ozone as Modulator of Resorption and Inflammatory Response in Extruded Nucleus Pulposus Herniation. Revising Concepts. Int J Mol Sci. 2021;22 (18):. doi: 10.3390/ijms22189946. PubMed PMID:34576108 PubMed Central PMC8469341.
- Bruno, F, Carboni, N, Palumbo, P, Arrigoni, F, Varrassi, M, Izzo, A et al.. O2-O3 chemodiscolysis: How much, how long? Retrospective outcome evaluation of different treatment sessions in partially-responder patients. Interv Neuroradiol. 2022;28 (4):433-438. doi: 10.1177/15910199211039914. PubMed PMID:34516319 PubMed Central PMC9326869.
- Clavo, B, Robaina, F, Urrutia, G, Bisshopp, S, Ramallo, Y, Szolna, A et al.. Ozone therapy versus surgery for lumbar disc herniation: A randomized double-blind controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2021;59 :102724. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102724. PubMed PMID:33964405 .
- Sucuoğlu, H, Soydaş, N. Does paravertebral ozone injection have efficacy as an additional treatment for acute lumbar disc herniation? A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2021;34 (5):725-733. doi: 10.3233/BMR-200194. PubMed PMID:33843663 .
- Leoni, MLG, Caruso, A, Micheli, F. Factors Predicting Successful Outcome for Ozone Chemonucleolysis in Lumbar Disk Herniation. Pain Pract. 2021;21 (6):653-661. doi: 10.1111/papr.13006. PubMed PMID:33721371 .
- Sconza, C, Braghetto, G, Respizzi, S, Morenghi, E, Kon, E, Di Matteo, B et al.. Ultrasound-guided periradicular oxygen-ozone injections as a treatment option for low back pain associated with sciatica. Int Orthop. 2021;45 (5):1239-1246. doi: 10.1007/s00264-021-04975-w. PubMed PMID:33629173 .
- Li, J, Liang, S, Xie, W, Luo, J, Tang, J, Liu, L et al.. Symptomatic postoperative discal pseudocyst following percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: A case report and review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021;100 (3):e24026. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024026. PubMed PMID:33545999 PubMed Central PMC7837847.
- Akkawi, I. Ozone therapy for musculoskeletal disorders Current concepts. Acta Biomed. 2020;91 (4):e2020191. doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i4.8979. PubMed PMID:33525293 PubMed Central PMC7927499.
- Yalçın, Ü. Paravertebral intramuscular ozone therapy in lumbar disc hernia: A comprehensive retrospective study. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2021;34 (4):597-604. doi: 10.3233/BMR-200129. PubMed PMID:33523038 .
- Yang, Y, Liang, XG, Li, PQ, Li, GB, Guan, K. Clinical efficacy of targeted injection of drugs in combination with ozone in treatment of lumbar disc protrusion. Pak J Pharm Sci. 2020;33 (3(Special)):1373-1376. . PubMed PMID:33361025 .
- Alexandre, A, Zalaffi, A. Electromyographic analysis of the results given by lumbar discal herniation treatment with intradiscal oxygen-ozone gas mixture injection. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2020;34 (4 Suppl. 1):57-61. SPECIAL ISSUE: OZONE THERAPY. . PubMed PMID:33176418 .
- Martinelli, M, Giovannangeli, F, Venditto, T, Travagli, V. The use of oxygen ozone therapy in the treatment of cervicobrachial pain: case series study. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2020;34 (4 Suppl. 1):47-55. SPECIAL ISSUE: OZONE THERAPY. . PubMed PMID:33176417 .
- Bonetti, M, Zambello, A, Princiotta, C, Pellicanò, G, Della Gatta, L, Muto, M et al.. Non-discogenic low back pain treated with oxygen-ozone: outcome in selected applications. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2020;34 (4 Suppl. 1):21-30. SPECIAL ISSUE: OZONE THERAPY. . PubMed PMID:33176414 .
- Della Gatta, L, Guarnieri, G, Ambrosanio, G, Capobianco, E, Muto, M. Clinical and imaging selection for CT guided - fluoroscopy 0203 disk treatment. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2020;34 (4 Suppl. 1):15-19. SPECIAL ISSUE: OZONE THERAPY. . PubMed PMID:33176413 .
- Migliorini, F, Maffulli, N, Eschweiler, J, Bestch, M, Tingart, M, Baroncini, A et al.. Ozone injection therapy for intervertebral disc herniation. Br Med Bull. 2020;136 (1):88-106. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldaa032. PubMed PMID:33128379 .
- Ercalik, T, Kilic, M. Efficacy of Intradiscal Ozone Therapy with or without Periforaminal Steroid Injection on Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Double-Blinded Controlled Study. Pain Physician. 2020;23 (5):477-484. . PubMed PMID:32967390 .
- Barbosa, LT, Rodrigues, CFS, Andrade, RR, Barbosa, FT. The effectiveness of percutaneous injections of ozonotherapy in low back pain. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020;66 (8):1146-1151. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.66.8.1146. PubMed PMID:32935812 .
- Nociti, V, Picarelli, C, Losavio, FA, Reale, G, Giuliano, G, Della Marca, G et al.. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome After Intramuscular Oxygen-Ozone Therapy. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020;47 (3):416-418. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.35. PubMed PMID:32077386 .
- de Sire, A, Baricich, A, Minetto, MA, Cisari, C, Invernizzi, M. Low back pain related to a sacral insufficiency fracture: role of paravertebral oxygen-ozone therapy in a paradigmatic case of nociplastic pain. Funct Neurol. 2019;34 (2):119-122. . PubMed PMID:31556392 .
- Andreini, I, Arrigucci, U, Monti, L, Bellini, M, Battisti, C, Federico, A et al.. A case of pneumocephalus as complication of ozone therapy: diagnosis and treatment. Neurol Sci. 2020;41 (2):481-483. doi: 10.1007/s10072-019-04062-4. PubMed PMID:31478149 .
- Chirchiglia, D, Chirchiglia, P, Stroscio, C, Volpentesta, G, Lavano, A. Suspected Pulmonary Embolism after Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for Low Back Pain. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2019;80 (6):503-506. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1685197. PubMed PMID:31430795 .
- Özcan, Ç, Polat, Ö, Çelik, H, Uçar, BY. The Effect of Paravertebral Ozone Injection in the Treatment of Low Back Pain. Pain Pract. 2019;19 (8):821-825. doi: 10.1111/papr.12812. PubMed PMID:31228871 .
- Bhatia, A, Munk, P, Lee, D, Elias, G, Murphy, K. Percutaneous Ozone Treatment for Herniated Lumbar Discs: 1-Year Follow-up of a Multicenter Pilot Study of a Handheld Disposable Ozone-Generating Device. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019;30 (5):752-760. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.09.037. PubMed PMID:30922796 .
- Di Mauro, R, Cantarella, G, Bernardini, R, Di Rosa, M, Barbagallo, I, Distefano, A et al.. The Biochemical and Pharmacological Properties of Ozone: The Smell of Protection in Acute and Chronic Diseases. Int J Mol Sci. 2019;20 (3):. doi: 10.3390/ijms20030634. PubMed PMID:30717203 PubMed Central PMC6387239.
- Wang, J, Wu, M, Lin, X, Li, Y, Fu, Z. Low-Concentration Oxygen/Ozone Treatment Attenuated Radiculitis and Mechanical Allodynia via PDE2A-cAMP/cGMP-NF-κB/p65 Signaling in Chronic Radiculitis Rats. Pain Res Manag. 2018;2018 :5192814. doi: 10.1155/2018/5192814. PubMed PMID:30651902 PubMed Central PMC6311849.
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- Hosseini, B, Taheri, M, Sheibani, K. Comparing the results of intradiscal ozone injection to treat different types of intervertebral disc herniation based on MSU classification. Interv Neuroradiol. 2019;25 (1):111-116. doi: 10.1177/1591019918800458. PubMed PMID:30227808 PubMed Central PMC6378534.
- Ezeldin, M, Leonardi, M, Princiotta, C, Dall'olio, M, Tharwat, M, Zaki, M et al.. Percutaneous ozone nucleolysis for lumbar disc herniation. Neuroradiology. 2018;60 (11):1231-1241. doi: 10.1007/s00234-018-2083-4. PubMed PMID:30206674 PubMed Central PMC6208962.
- Beyaz, SG, Sayhan, H. Six-Month Results of Cervical Intradiscal Oxygen-Ozone Mixture Therapy on Patients with Neck Pain: Preliminary Findings. Pain Physician. 2018;21 (4):E449-E456. . PubMed PMID:30045611 .
- Ozcan, S, Muz, A, Yildiz Altun, A, Onal, SA. Intradiscal ozone therapy for lumbar disc herniation. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2018;64 (5):52-55. . PubMed PMID:29729693 .
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- Elawamy, A, Kamel, EZ, Hassanien, M, Wahba, OM, Amin, SE. Implication of Two Different Doses of Intradiscal Ozone-Oxygen Injection upon the Pain Alleviation in Patients with Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Single-Blind Study. Pain Physician. 2018;21 (1):E25-E31. . PubMed PMID:29357333 .
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