Clinical Effects of Ozone Therapy in Cervical Disc Hernia

Sakarya University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain, Neck

Treatments: Drug: Ozone

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03056911

sakarya Ozone

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical effects of Ozone-oxygen therapy as therapeutic substance for nucleolysis application in the patients with cervical disc hernia who had chronic pain and weakness on the neck, shoulders and arms

Full description

This is a retrospective, single-center study that is going to be conducted from November 2013 to May 2016 on patients visiting the pain clinic of the hospital who were treated with Ozone-oxygen therapy for cervical discogenic or radicular pain.

Data collected from medical record forms and electronic medical record system of the hospital were used in the retrospective analysis of medical data with regard to age, gender, complications.

A resident who has not involved in the study interviewed each patient by telephone on the follow up to collect the related information.

Enrollment: 43 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• continuous radicular pain radiating to the upper limb, with a duration ≥8 weeks and an intensity >4/10 as rated by the patient on a visual analog scale (VAS)
• resistant to appropriate conservative treatment combining antiinflammatory drugs, and confirmed by imaging with CT or MRI of a herniated disc putting pressure on a nerve root consistent with the clinical pain.

Exclusion criteria

• history of surgery at the cervical spine, contraindication to percutaneous chemonucleolysis (coagulopathy or infection), imaging results that did not support the clinical results, the presence of a herniated disc excluded or calcified on imaging, possible interference with pain evaluation due to any medical condition or treatment, involvement of incomplete data collection

Trial design

43 participants in 1 patient group

ozone

Description:

Chemonucleolysis by ozone therapy Patients visiting the pain clinic of the hospital who had cervical discogenic or radicular pain that did not resolve after the use of conventional therapy. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.

Treatment:

Drug: Ozone