Treatment of Contained Herniated Lumbar Discs With Ozone and Corticosteroid: A Pilot Clinical Study Kieran Murphy, MB, BCh, FRCPC, FSIR, Mario Muto, MD, Jim Steppan, PhD, Thomas Meaders, BS, Chett Boxley, PhD, MBA Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 377-384 (November 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2015.01.003 Copyright © 2015 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 First treatment pain and function results for patients treated with intradiscal ozone (44 patients). ODI = Oswestry Disability Index; VAS = visual analog scale. This figure is available in colour online at http://carjonline.org/. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2015 66, 377-384DOI: (10.1016/j.carj.2015.01.003) Copyright © 2015 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Second treatment pain and function results for patients treated with intradiscal ozone (6 patients). ODI = Oswestry Disability Index; VAS = visual analog scale. This figure is available in colour online at http://carjonline.org/. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2015 66, 377-384DOI: (10.1016/j.carj.2015.01.003) Copyright © 2015 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 First treatment, second treatment, and overall success rates. Note: Patients that had successful treatments for both the first and second treatment were only counted as 1 success in the overall success rate. ODI = Oswestry Disability Index; VAS = visual analog scale. This figure is available in colour online at http://carjonline.org/. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2015 66, 377-384DOI: (10.1016/j.carj.2015.01.003) Copyright © 2015 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Summary of first treatment success rate by disc level. This figure is available in colour online at http://carjonline.org/. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2015 66, 377-384DOI: (10.1016/j.carj.2015.01.003) Copyright © 2015 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Comparison of improvement in pain and function by gender. ODI = Oswestry Disability Index; VAS = visual analog scale. This figure is available in colour online at http://carjonline.org/. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2015 66, 377-384DOI: (10.1016/j.carj.2015.01.003) Copyright © 2015 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions
Figure 6 Computed tomography images of patient before ozone treatment (A) after ozone treatment (B). Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2015 66, 377-384DOI: (10.1016/j.carj.2015.01.003) Copyright © 2015 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions