Radiation exposure and clinical outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous intradiscal ozone therapy for disc herniation: Fluoroscopic versus conventional CT guidance.
Francesco SommaVincenzo D'AgostinoAlberto NegroValeria PiscitelliStefania TamburriniCarmine SicignanoFabrizio FasanoSilvio PelusoAlessandro VillaGianvito PaceGiuseppe SartiGiuseppe Maria Ernesto La TessaGiovanna PezzulloGianluca GattaFerdinando CaranciPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Compared to conventional CT guidance, fluoroscopic guidance for percutaneous intradiscal ozone therapy in patients with lumbar disc herniation shows similar technical and clinical success rates, with lower radiation dose. This technique helps sparing dose exposure to patients.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- computed tomography
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- ejection fraction
- dual energy
- chronic kidney disease
- hydrogen peroxide
- ultrasound guided
- particulate matter
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- radiofrequency ablation
- positron emission tomography
- robot assisted
- patient reported outcomes
- mesenchymal stem cells
- nitric oxide
- air pollution
- patient reported