Knee-joint Disorders Treated by oxygen-ozone therapy
DT: Sept. 1989
AU: E. Riva Sanseverino, Istituto di Fisiologia Umana - Bologna
SO: Estratto da Europa Medicophysica 25(3):163-170 (Lugilio-
Settembre 1989)
AB: In patients affected by different forms of knee disorders,
the effects of oxygen-ozone mixture (the so-called medical
ozone) locally injected where studied. 20 ml of the mixture
were introduced into the knee with a concentration of 10 ug
of ozone per ml of oxygen. When necessary, the same
concentration of the mixture was also peri-articularly and
subcutaneously administered. 156 patients were treated and
divided into 3 groups: carriers of post-traumatic knee
disorders, gonarthrosis without marked bone deformities and
gonarthrosis with marked bone deformities. In the first two
groups optimal results were obtained while for the third
other therapies were then added to stop the advancing
degenerative process. In conclusion, knee-joint disorders
can very successfully be treated by means of oxygen-ozone
mixture locally administered.