Efficacy of transforaminal epidural steroid injection versus intraforaminal or periforaminal ozone for low back pain with radiculopathy

Joel, Jerry Joseph; Dutta, Debjyoti; Das, Gautam; Kumar, GS Anand; Panchal, Jay; Basak, Santanu

doi:10.4103/0970-5333.155172

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“…In a study about the efficacy of TFESI in comparison to epidural Ozone injection, Joel et al concluded that TFESI is beneficial in the short term and was not as effective in the long term. On the other hand, Ozone was found to be very safe, cheap, and effective as a short-term and long-term solution for patients with back pain along with sciatic nerve pain [ 38 ]. M.Gallucci and colleagues performed a study in Italy on 159 patients with lumbar radiculopathy.…”

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“…Mac Nab scale is used to determine the outcome assessment of patient satisfaction after ozone or steroids injection therapy [ 29 ]. The state of satisfaction was graded as excellent, good, fair, or bad.…”

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“…Treatment was successful in 211 (70.3%) patients with excellent in 160 and good in 75 patients (p < 0.05). They concluded that Ozone therapy is a useful treatment for lumbar disk herniation that has failed to respond to conservative management and has a significant cumulative effect [29]. Three patients had to undergo surgery in form of microdiscectomy.…”

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“…The remaining patients had no neurological deficit. Eleven of these patients had previous open laminectomies done (failed back) [ 29 ].…”

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The Benefit of Epidural Transforaminal Injection of Ozone in Comparison With Transforaminal Steroids Injection in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain in Lebanese Population: One-Year Retrospective Study

Chemeisani¹,

Tarhini²,

Ali³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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BackgroundChronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most common complaints affecting the population worldwide including in Lebanon. Until 15 years ago, surgery was the treatment of choice. However, conservative measures are now preferred because of the large number of post-surgical complications, in addition to the many conditions where surgery cannot be performed. ObjectiveThe aim of our study is to determine the effectiveness of transformational epidural injection of ozone (TFEOI) in the management of CLBP among the Lebanese population in the Nabatieh area in comparison with patients who received transformational epidural steroid injection (TFESI). MethodsA one-year (2016-2017) retrospective study where 100 patients with CLBP were selected from two hospitals (Alnajdah, and Ragheb Harb hospitals) and divided into two groups. Fifty patients were treated with Ozone injections while the other 50 were treated with steroid injections. For each patient, we recorded the type of pain, irradiation, paresthesia, and the type of injection given (steroid or Ozone). We used the patients' files and contacted them via phone calls. The results of this study were reached based on Vas Score and Mac Nab criteria which are subjective questionnaires. ResultsThe study showed that the TFESI was effective for a short duration (86% of results were excellent and good after one month of injection, but they decreased to 16% after six months). On the other hand, TFEOI was effective over both short and long duration (82% excellent and good after one month, 64% excellent and good after six months). ConclusionResults from this study provide that ozone injection has high benefits in the management of CLBP in the Lebanese population.

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“…The remaining patients had no neurological deficit. Eleven of these patients had previous open laminectomies done (failed back) [ 29 ].…”

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