Oxygen-ozone therapy for degenerative spine disease in the elderly: a prospective study.
We describe our experience of oxygen-ozone therapy to treat degenerative spine disease in the elderly. From April 2004 to March 2008 we selected 129 patients with CT and/or MR evidence of spondyloarthrosis and disc degeneration of the lumbar spine. All patients enrolled in the study had contraindications to the administration of commonly used analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs.Oxygen-ozone therapy was given by CT-guided intraforaminal injection as the first treatment followed by 4 weekly paralumbar infiltrations on an outpatient basis. The full treatment lasted a month. Clinical outcome was assessed 3 months and 1 year after treatment. The good results obtained indicate that oxygen-ozone therapy is an ideal treatment with no side-effects in elderly patients with degenerative spine disease.
Servizio di Neuroradiologia, Istituto Clinico Città di Brescia, Via Gualla 15, 25123, Brescia, Italy. matbon@numerica.it
Matteo
M
Bonetti
Alessandro
A
Fontana
Francesco
F
Martinelli
Cosma
C
Andreula
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010126:Ozone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
D010126:Ozone; D010100:Oxygen