Application of ozone therapy in interventional medicine

Kenan Hao; Shuiying Tang; Huaning Xie; Xinmin Li; Xiaofeng He

doi:10.1016/j.jimed.2019.05.003

Application of ozone therapy in interventional medicine

J Interv Med. 2019 Jun 27;2(1):8-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jimed.2019.05.003. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Kenan Hao¹, Shuiying Tang¹, Huaning Xie¹, Xinmin Li¹, Xiaofeng He¹

Affiliation

¹ Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong Province, China.

Abstract

Ozone therapy has been gradually accepted by doctors in various fields because it has been safe, convenient, and inexpensive since the twentieth century. It has been used in the treatment of various diseases with satisfactory results, especially in the application of interventional surgery. For lumbar disc herniation, knee osteoarthritis, tissue ischemia-reperfusion after revascularization, stroke, and cancer, ozone therapy can improve the efficacy of interventional surgery and reduce postoperative acute and chronic complications. Prospects of ozone therapy in interventional therapy and the underlying mechanisms of efficacy need further exploration.

Keywords: Cancer; Interventional therapy; Knee osteoarthritis; Lumbar disc herniation; Ozone therapy; Stroke; Tissue ischemia-reperfusion.