Clinical Observation of the Effect of Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation Combined with Ozone Ablation in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation
Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy about the combination of radiofrequency thermocoagulation with ozone ablation in the treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. Methods 220 cases in department of rehabilitationof Zhujiang Hospital with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation from March 2013 to March 2016 were selected and divided into the Group A and the Group B with 110 cases in each randomly. Both groups were given radiofrequency themocoagulation, in addition, the Group B were given ozone ablation therapy, and used VAS and MacNab criteria to evaluate the therapeutic effect. Results The VAS scores of Group A and Group B of the postoperative 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks were significantly lower than the preoperative VAS score(P<0. 05). There were no significant differences of the change of VAS scores between Group A and Group B after the treatment of the first day(P>0. 05). The VAS scores of Group B after the treatment of 1 week, 2 weekswere significantly lower than Group A ( P<0. 05 ) . The MacNab effective rate of Group A and Group B of the postoperative two weeks were significantly higher than the postoperative 1 day ( P<0. 05 ) . There were no significant differences of the change about MacNab effective rate between Group A and Group B after the treatment of the first day( P>0. 05). There were significant differences of the change of MacNab effective rate between Group A and Group B afterthe treatment of the two weeks ( P<0. 05 ) . Conclusion Although both of radiofrequency thermocoagulation and radiofrequency thermocoagulation combined with ozone ablation are effective to the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, radiofrequency thermocoagulation combined with ozone ablation is better than radiofrequency thermocoagulation.