Minimally invasive oxygen-ozone therapy for lumbar disk herniation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 996-1000

  Andreula, Cosma F ^b   Simonetti, Luigi ^a   De Santis, Fabio ^a   Agati, Raffaele ^b   Ricci, Renata ^a   Leonardi, Marco ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; OZONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRADISCAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERIGANGLIONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OZONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038516999     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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