title: [Preliminary report for treatment of discogenic low back pain with combined percutaneous laser and O2-O3 mixture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous laser and O2-O3 mixture in treating chronic discogenic low back pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were 48 patients included 32 male and 16 female with the mean age of 43.5 years (range, from 21 to 66 years). The duration of symptoms was more than 6 months, all patients were treated with percutaneous laser and O2-O3 mixture under TV monitoring.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-eight patients followed-up showed no severe complications. At 1 week follow up, 8 cases were evaluated as excellent, 28 as good, 8 as fair and 4 as poor by Macnab standard. The excellent and good rate reached 75%. At 3 months follow up, 17 cases were evaluated as excellent, 23 as good, 6 as fair and 2 as poor with the excellent and good rate of 83.3%. At 6 months follow up, 20 cases were evaluated as excellent, 22 as good, 4 as fair and 2 as poor with a total effective rate of 87.5%. At 12 months follow up, 21 cases were evaluated as excellent, 22 as good, 4 as fair and 1 as poor with a total effective rate of 89.6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined percutaneous laser and O3-O3 mixture is an effective and safe method in treating discogenic low back pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Second Peoples Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 402160, China. zhaobo1978@163.com
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Gao-Hai
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yong-Fa
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010126:Ozone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D010126:Ozone