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José Baeza Noci
Paravertebral injections : techniques and indications [abstract]
The paravertebral injections were first referred in 1989 by Dr. Cesare Verga [1], an italian orthopedist. He used them to treat disc herniation. We call them ?classical paravertebral injections?. Later on, one colleague of him, Dr. Scuccimarra [2], used longer needles to inject ozone close to the foramen, under the hypothesis of improving the results, and he succeeded. They are known as ?deep paravertebral injections?. Other techniques have been developed in order to improve the results, reduce the risks and shorten the treatment.[3-9] The classical paravertebral approach is done locating the upper part of the spinous process of the superior vertebrae involved in the disco-radicular conflic…
Escoliosis experimental por lesión vascular metamérica a nivel lumbar
Se ha realizado un estudio experimental en 25 híbridos de conejo californiano con conejo blanco gigante neozelandés de 37 ± 3 días, lesionando la vascularización metamé- rica que irriga las vértebras lumbares con el propósito de alterar indirectamente el desarrollo de los cartílagos neurocentrales (CNC). La lesión vascular se produjo por la destrucción unilateral a dos o tres niveles de los vasos metaméricos de las vértebras L3 a L5. Las columnas vertebrales fueron disecadas, realizándose estudios radiológicos, macroscópicos e histológicos. Se obtuvieron curvas escolióticas (13 ±4°) de convexidad hacia el lado contrario al intervenido, con rotación de los cuerpos vertebrales (12 ± 5o ) haci…
The long and winding road.
It has been a very long trip since I wrote my last editorial. The first issue of the Journal received a strong welcome from all over the world in the beginning of 2016, but there was something missing that drove us to a winding road that ended in an even stronger situation: the support of the University of Valencia?s Publication Service (UVPS). The missing thing in the first issue was the DOI (Digital Object Identifier). All the online journals have a DOI to identify the papers and allow a permanent link to them. Each DOI is unique for each paper. We look for a DOI provider in our environment and found the UVPS to offer DOIs for free to their teachers. As I am one of them, I went to ask for…
Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis [abstract]
Introduction. The use of ozone, intra or periarticular, for knee and hip joint osteoarthritis (KO / HO) is clearly justified by its anti-inflammatory and antioxidants properties, that should diminish the arthritic episodes of this disease [1]. Several papers have proved the safety and efficacy of this treatment for KO [2-12], comparable to other classical treatments (steroids or hyaluronic acid (HA)) [13-14]. However, there is no paper about HO yet. Study design. This work is based on two open prospective studies started in February 2002 and stopped in February 2010, one group for each joint. Recruitment criteria for both groups were: - Kellgren & Lawrence KO classification: any - One/bilat…