Open AccessRetrospective observational study of intramuscular oxygen-ozone therapy for the treatment of neck pain: cervical paravertebral injection
Author(s) -
Demet Uçar,
Selcen Uçar,
Çağrı Özcan,
Ömer Polat,
Mehmet Akif Çaçan,
Bekir Yavuz Uçar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical gas research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2045-9912
DOI - 10.4103/2045-9912.286980
Subject(s) - medicine , visual analogue scale , orthopedic surgery , neck pain , observational study , ozone therapy , anesthesia , surgery , physical therapy , alternative medicine , pathology
Neck pain is one of the major pathologies responsible for loss of labor. Many conservative treatment methods for neck pain have been described. The purpose of this study was to obtain pain scores for patients undergoing paravertebral ozone-oxygen (O 3 /O 2 ) injections for neck pain caused by cervical disc disease. Over the last 6 months of 2018, 72 patients who undergoing intramuscular O 3 /O 2 injections to treat neck pain were examined retrospectively in this multicenter study. Patients were injected with 30 mL of 20 μg/mL O 3 /O 2 gas (into the paravertebral space). Subjects were treated once a week for 6 weeks. The visual analog scale pain scores and Japanese Orthopedic Association scores were obtained before (pre-injection) and after treatment (i.e., at 2 and 6 months). Significant improvements were observed in visual analog scale and Japanese Orthopedic Association scores at both 2 and 6 months versus the pre-injection scores. There was no significant difference in the visual analog scale or Japanese Orthopedic Association scores between 2 and 6 months. Paravertebral O 3 /O 2 injection is a reliable and effective treatment of neck pain caused by cervical disc disease. The study was approved by Umraniye Education and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Turkey (Reference Number: 00102187854) on September 25, 2019.