Non-discogenic low back pain treated with oxygen-ozone: outcome in selected applications.

Abstract

Low back pain and sciatica are highly debilitating conditions affecting all socioeconomic groups at an increasingly early age. They are caused by different often concomitant spinal disorders: disc or facet joint disease, spondylolysis (with or without listhesis), vertebral body and interapophyseal arthrosis, spinal stenosis, radicular and synovial cysts and, more rarely, infections and primary or metastatic cancer. Treatment of low back pain and/or sciatica requires an accurate diagnosis based on thorough history-taking and physical examination followed by appropriate imaging tests, namely computed tomography, and/or magnetic resonance scans in addition to standard and morphodynamics X-rays of the spine. In recent years, several reports have demonstrated the utility of oxygen-ozone therapy in reducing the size of herniated discs. The present study reports on the outcome of oxygen-ozone treatment in 576 patients with non-discogenic low back pain caused by degenerative disease of the posterior vertebral compartment (facet synovitis, Baastrup syndrome, spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, facet degeneration).

• Authors: M Bonetti, A Zambello, C Princiotta, G Pellicanò, L Della Gatta, M Muto
• Journal: Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents (J Biol Regul Homeost Agents) 2020 Jul-Aug Vol. 34 Issue 4 Suppl. 1 Pg. 21-30. SPECIAL ISSUE: OZONE THERAPY ISSN: 0393-974X [Print] Italy
• PMID: 33176414 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright 2020 Biolife Sas. www.biolifesas.org.

Chemical References

• Ozone
• Oxygen

Topics

• Humans
• Intervertebral Disc Displacement
• Low Back Pain (therapy)
• Lumbar Vertebrae (diagnostic imaging)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Oxygen
• Ozone
• Spondylolisthesis