Cervical
Disc Herniation: Chemodiscolysis with
Intraforaminal and Intradiscal
Ct-guided Ozone
Injection
by
Anterolateral
Approach
G.
La
Tessa,
L.
Pasqualetto,
M.
Ferrara,
V.
D’agostino,
G.
Sirabella
SUMMARY -
Percutaneous
injection
therapies
are
being
used
with
increasing
frequency
because
of
new
knowledge
about
pathogenesis
of
herniated
discal
pain
and
failed
back
surgery
syndrome
(FBSS)
and
the
demonstration
that
conservative
treatment
is
as
effective
as
surgery
in
the
long-term
1-4.
Oxygen-Ozone
(O2-O3)
gas
injection
has
a
dramatic
effect
on
clinical
symptoms
in
painful
patients
with
degenerative
disc
pathology.
This
procedure
is
frequently
used
in
the
lumbar
district
both
under
CT
and
fluoroscopic
guidance.
Few
studies
have
reported
on
the
procedure
on
the
cervical
spine
by
fluoroscopic
guidance
alone.
This
study
describes
our
initial
experience
in
cervical
intradiscal
and
intraforaminal
CT-guided
ozone
injection.