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. © 2011 Springer-Verlag/Wien.
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Bonetti, M., Fontana, A., Martinelli, F., & Andreula, C. (2011). Oxygen-ozone therapy for degenerative spine disease in the elderly: A prospective study. Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum, (108), 137–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99370-5_21
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