TY - JOUR
T1 - Intraforaminal O2-O3 versus periradicular steroidal infiltrations in lower back pain
T2 - Randomized controlled study
AU - Bonetti, Matteo
AU - Fontana, Alessandro
AU - Cotticelli, Biagio
AU - Volta, Giorgio Dalla
AU - Guindani, Massimiliano
AU - Leonardi, Marco
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Background and purpose. Reports about steroids and oxygen-ozone therapy to treat lower back pain have been increasing. The purpose of our study was to compare the clinical outcomes in patients treated with infiltrations of O2-O3 gas or steroids at short-, medium-, and long-term follow-up. Methods: A total of 306 patients (166 with primarily disk disease, 140 with nondisk vertebral disease) with acute or chronic low back and sciatic nerve pain received a CT-guided intraforaminal infiltration of an O2-O3 gas mixture or an periradicular infiltration of steroids. Neurologists unaware of the type of treatment assessed the patients. Results: At 1-week follow-up, most patients had a complete remission of pain, regardless of the treatment. At 6-month follow-up, differences in favor of O2-O3 treatment were significant in patients with disk disease (P = .0021) but not in those without disk disease (P = .0992). Clinical outcomes were poor in 13 (15.1%) of 86 patients receiving O2-O3 infiltration and in 18 (22.5%) of 80 patients receiving steroid injection (P = .2226). Among patients without disk disease, six (8.6%) of 70 patients receiving O2-O3 infiltration but 21.4% of the patients receiving steroid injections had poor outcomes (P = .0332). Conclusion. Oxygen-ozone treatment was highly effective in relieving acute and chronic lower back pain and sciatica. The gas mixture can be administered as a first treatment to replace epidural steroids.
AB - Background and purpose. Reports about steroids and oxygen-ozone therapy to treat lower back pain have been increasing. The purpose of our study was to compare the clinical outcomes in patients treated with infiltrations of O2-O3 gas or steroids at short-, medium-, and long-term follow-up. Methods: A total of 306 patients (166 with primarily disk disease, 140 with nondisk vertebral disease) with acute or chronic low back and sciatic nerve pain received a CT-guided intraforaminal infiltration of an O2-O3 gas mixture or an periradicular infiltration of steroids. Neurologists unaware of the type of treatment assessed the patients. Results: At 1-week follow-up, most patients had a complete remission of pain, regardless of the treatment. At 6-month follow-up, differences in favor of O2-O3 treatment were significant in patients with disk disease (P = .0021) but not in those without disk disease (P = .0992). Clinical outcomes were poor in 13 (15.1%) of 86 patients receiving O2-O3 infiltration and in 18 (22.5%) of 80 patients receiving steroid injection (P = .2226). Among patients without disk disease, six (8.6%) of 70 patients receiving O2-O3 infiltration but 21.4% of the patients receiving steroid injections had poor outcomes (P = .0332). Conclusion. Oxygen-ozone treatment was highly effective in relieving acute and chronic lower back pain and sciatica. The gas mixture can be administered as a first treatment to replace epidural steroids.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744832156
SN - 1720-6561
VL - 5
SP - 55
JO - Rivista Italiana di Ossigeno-Ozonoterapia
JF - Rivista Italiana di Ossigeno-Ozonoterapia
IS - 1
ER -