Intradiscal Injection of O2-O3 to Treat Lumbar Disc Herniations — Ozone Therapies Group

Results at Five Years A. ALEXANDRE, J. BURIC, R. PARADISO, H. SALGADO*, M. MURGA*, L. CORÒ, A. ALBARREAL*, S. SCOPETTA, H. GIOCOLI**, F. MARIN*** EU.N.I. Treviso; Italy; and Italian Section of the International Medical Ozone Society (IMOS) * Facultad de Medicina de Sevilla, Clinica de Fatima, Sevilla; Spain ** Universitad de Buenos Aires; Argentina *** Clinica del Rosario, Madrid; Spain Key words: percutaneous treatments, lumbar disc hernias SUMMARY - A method allowing shrinkage of a herniated disc, without an open surgical approach has long been sought. Studies on the spontaneous disappearance of disc fragments have demonstrated autoimmune responses with a chronic inflammatory reaction, and radicular pain has been shown to be mostly due to release of toxic acids 10. Researchers in different fields surprisingly noted that a short, calculated, oxidative stress by ozone administration may correct a persistent imbalance due to excessive chronic oxidative injury 4 . Oxygen-ozone gas inject...