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International Journal of Ozone Therapy 8: 206-210, 2009 www.centauro.it Analysis of the Efficacy of Ozone Therapy on Lumbar Disc Herniation J. PENG*, H. XING*, B. ZHANG*, F. WU*, J. GUO,* X-F. HE** * Department of Internal Medicine No. 4, Hexian Memorial Hospital; Panyu District, Guangzhou, China ** Department of Interventional Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University; Guangzhou, China Key words: lumbar disc herniation, percutaneous, intradiscal, paravertebral, injection, medical ozone SUMMARY - This study assessed the efficacy of ozone therapy on lumbar disc herniation. One hun- dred and four patients with the main symptom of low back and lower limb pain or numbness were diag- nosed with lumbar disc herniation by CT or MRI, including 144 diseased lumbar discs. Under X-ray guid- ance, a 21G needle was punctured into the disc. Then 4-40 ml ozone of 50ug/ml and 40 mg prednisolone acetate were injected into the intradiscal and paravertebral space. All patients were followed up for three to 84 months (average 38 months) and the last follow-up was in March 2009. The total effective rate was 77.1%, without any serious complications. Percutaneous intradiscal and paravertebral medical ozone injec- tion is an effective and safe method for treating lumbar disc herniation. Introduction 2. Disc bulge and herniation, without disc calcifi- cation and adhesion, serious spinal stenosis, bony Lumbar disc herniation is the most common stenosis of intervertebral foramen, lumbar insta- lumbar degenerative disease, which often does not bility, spondylolisthesis, tumors, etc. 3. Definite attract enough attention from patients, because the evidence of imaging diagnosis like CT or MRI.