MJA Healthcare | Intradiscal Ozone for Herniated Disc - East Stroudsburg, PA

Intradiscal Ozone for Herniated Disc

Intradiscal Ozone for Herniated Disc

Oxygen-ozone therapy is an option to treat lumbar disc herniation that has failed to respond to conservative management, as a recourse before surgery or when surgery is not possible.

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Overview

Treatment consists of an injection of oxygen and ozone to treat a herniated disc. There are two types: an injection outside of the disc and an injection directly into the disc. The ozone injection directly into the disc reacts with the inner disc material to reduce inflammation, shrink the disc and the hernia.

An outpatient procedure, it is performed using a local anesthesia. A needle is guided to the disc under fluoroscopic (motion x-ray) and a mixture of oxygen and ozone is injected directly into the herniated disc.

After the procedure, patients will lie on their back (or either side) for approximately six hours to keep pressure off the disc and keep the ozone from leaking out while it “reacts” with your inner disc material.

Requirements & Restrictions

Patients will need an MRI report and the images for this procedure. An ideal candidate has a contained, soft, herniated disc at one level. The higher the level of calcification of the disc, the less it shrinks with this procedure. Therefore, you will get the most shrinkage with a soft herniated disc.

MRI report a& images required

Recover period 6 - 12 months

Not covered by insurance & not FDA approved

Not for patients with invasive surgery in the past

Research

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