Oxygen-Ozone therapy,
Spinal surgery under CT guidance

Herniated disc is a condition with a generally favorable prognosis. In most cases, hernias reabsorb completely or partially, and symptoms regress or disappear with conservative treatments, within three months of symptom onset. Therefore, it is rational not to intervene before this period, except in particularly severe and disabling cases.

The efficacy of drug treatment alone with NSAIDs has statistically insignificant meanings; the combination with corticosteroids, where not contraindicated, administered systemically and for short periods is to be preferred, as it may be effective. Discectomy of the nucleus pulposus of the invertebral disc is still the most common neurosurgical intervention to relieve lumbar and radicular pain however, surgery is not always synonymous with complete recovery, which is precisely why in recent years there has been a real migration toward minimally invasive spinal interventional procedures. In fact, they are believed to play an increasing role, in the treatment of herniated discs, as less invasive methods than discectomy

Minimally invasive procedures dramatically reduce surgical complications, drug abuse, and can be tailored to the individual patient.

The Dr. Matteo Bonetti, head of the Neuroradiology Service at the Brescia City Clinical Institute as well as secretary of the W.F.O.O.T (World Federation of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy), a pioneer in Italy in the treatment of herniated discs with oxygen-ozone, has also introduced mechanical decompression with Dekompressor and the use of discogel for about a year.