DIAGNOSIS AND SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT WITH OXYGEN-OZONE THERAPY OF BAASTRUP’S DISEASE

M. Bonetti¹, G.M. Ottaviani², A. Fontana¹, G. Pellicanò³, L. Della Gatta⁴, M. Muto⁴

¹Neuroradiology Service, Clinical Institute, Città di Brescia, Brescia, Italy;
²Department of Emergency and Urgency, Civil Hospitals of Brescia, Brescia, Italy;
³Neuroradiology Service, A.O.U.C., Florence, Italy;
⁴Department of Neuroradiology, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples Italy

†These authors contributed equally.

*Correspondence to:
Matteo Bonetti, MD
Neuroradiology Service, Clinical Institute, Città di Brescia,
Via Bartolomeo Gualla 15, 25128, Brescia, Italy.
email: dottorbonetti@gmail.com

Received: 2 April, 2020 Accepted: 28 June, 2020 Biolife-Publisher.it © 2020

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ABSTRACT

In recent years, several studies have demonstrated the utility of oxygen-ozone in reducing the size of herniated discs, proving the validity of this treatment on back pain due to hernias. In this study, the authors evaluate the therapeutic results obtained in the treatment of 56 patients suffering from non-discogenic low back pain caused by Baastrup’s syndrome after radiological diagnostic confirmation by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) completed with Fat / Sat sequences before and after administration of paramagnetic contrast.

Keywords: oxygen, ozone, ozone therapy, Baastrup’s syndrome, Baastrup’s disease, kissing spine syndrome