Estudio económico de la aplicación de Ozonoterapia en la atención del dolor por hernia de disco intervertebral

Abstract

Introduction: Herniated discs are an important health problem that generates large costs, studies of cost effectiveness are
necessary for a better optimization of resources and therapeutic efficacy. Material and Method: A cost-effectiveness economic study was carried out that included 2,589 patients of both sexes, over 18 years of age, with a herniated disk with or without disc degeneration, diagnosed by MRI with radiological clinical congruence. of more than 3 months of evolution, resistant to conservative treatment. The costs of ozone application were calculated by different routes and compared with microdiscetomy. The statistical study was carried out using the SPSS 14.0 program for Windows. A p < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: The most favorable cost-effectiveness ratio was between the intradiscal applications of ozone, followed by the sacral epidural, the most expensive was the microdiscetomy far superior to all of them. Conclusion: The applications of the different ozone pathways had a higher cost-effectiveness ratio than the microdiscetomy for the treatment of prolapsed, protruded and extruded herniated discs. For the migrated and kidnapped hernias, ozone therapy was not considered.