Comparative Evaluation of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy and Combined Use of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy with Percutaneous Intradiscal Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation

Pain Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Gautam, Sujeet ^a   Rastogi, V ^a   Jain, Ankur ^a   Singh, A P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar disc herniation; Ozone; Percutaneous intradiscal radiofrequency thermocoagulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OXYGEN THERAPY; OZONE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79952304829     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2010.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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