Ozone therapy as a treatment for low back pain secondary to herniated disc: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Pain Physician

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  de Oliveira Magalhaes, Francisco N ^a   Dotta, Luciana ^b   Sasse, Andre ^a   Teixeira, Manoel J ^a   Fonoff, Erich T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Failed back surgery syndrome; Low back pain; Oxygen ozone; Ozone therapy

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXYGEN; OZONE; STEROID;

ANALGESIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NERVE INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OZONE THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OZONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859120791     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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