PurposeTo quantify the change in volume in herniated lumbar disk after computed tomography (CT)–guided intradiscal and periganglionic ozone–oxygen injection and to assess the effects of patient age, sex, and initial disk volume on disk volume changes.Materials and MethodsA total of 283 patients with lumbar radiculopathy received a single intradiscal (3 mL) and periganglionic (7 mL) injection of an ozone–oxygen mixture (ratio, 3:97; ozone concentration, 30 μg/mL). Under CT guidance, intradiscal and periganglionic injection was performed through an extraspinal lateral approach with a 22-gauge spinal needle. All disk volume changes were evaluated on CT 6 months after the procedure in all patients.ResultsInitial mean disk volume was 17.37 cm3 ± 4.70 (standard deviation; range, 8.12–29.15 cm3). Disk volume reduction (mean, 7.70% ± 5.45; range, 0.29%–22.31%) was seen in 96.1% of treated disks (n = 272) at 6 months after treatment and was found to be statistically significant (P < .0001). In 3.9% of patients (n = 11), disk volume increased (mean, 0.59% ± 0.24; range, 0.11%–0.81%). Patient age correlated negatively with disk volume reduction (r = ?0.505; P < .0001) at 6 months after treatment, whereas initial disk volume correlated positively with volume reduction (r = 0.225; P = .00014) after therapy. No correlation was noted between patient sex and disk volume reduction after treatment (P = .09).ConclusionsIntradiscal administration of medical ozone is associated with a statistically significant volume reduction of the herniated lumbar disk. The volume-reduction effect of ozone correlates negatively with the patient's age and positively with initial disk volume. 相似文献
Twelve women with established lactation of 4–8 weeks duration were given a low-dose progestogen-only contraceptive, ethynodiol diacetate 0.5 mg (Femulen) daily. On the seventh and eighth day of the study, prior to the mother's taking the pill, a blood sample was taken from her and from the infant. Further blood samples were collected from the mother 4 and 12 hours later. Breast milk samples were collected at every feed on day 7 and day 8.
Ethynodiol diacetate is rapidly metabolised in humans, changing into the metabolite norethisterone which is found in both blood and milk. Hence, norethisterone concentrations were estimated.
On day 7 and day 8, four hours after ingestion of the pill, the median norethisterone maternal plasma concentration was 1.60 ng/ml and it fell to a median level of 0.30 ng/ml prior to the next dose of the pill. At this time the median infant concentration was 0.10 ng/ml but the maximum observed level was 0.50 ng/ml.
In the breast milk the norethisterone concentration appears to peak at around 4–8 hours following the ingestion of the pill. The maximum observed concentration in breast milk was 0.84 ng/ml. The amount of norethisterone ingested by the infant averaged 0.02% (6.65 μg) of the dose of ethynodiol diacetate ingested by the mother. The maximum observed on any one day was 0.07% (27.52 μg).
The above results indicate that the amount of progestogen ingested by the infant from its mother's milk is small and is unlikely to pose a risk to the infant. 相似文献
ABSTRACT Serum neopterin and β2-microglobulin concentrations were investigated in 46 patients with multiple myeloma and in 28 patients with asymptomatic monoclonal gammopathy followed for long periods (median 9.6 years) and showing an absence of evolution. Seventy-two per cent of the patients with multiple myeloma showed β2-microglobulin concentrations higher than 3 mg/1 with a mean of 6.84 mg/1, whereas all the patients with asymptomatic monoclonal gammopathies had concentrations lower than 3 mg/1 with a mean of 1.64 mg/1. Concerning serum neopterin concentrations, 91% of the patients with multiple myeloma had values with in pathological limits (>8 nmol/1) with a mean of 34 nmol/1, whereas all but one of the patients with asymptomatic monoclonal gammopathy had normal values with a mean of 5.19 nmol/1. The differences thus observed in these two groups of patients are highly significant (p<0.001). Serum neopterin concentration, unrelated to renal insufficiency, seems to be useful in the differentiation of malignant or benign asymptomatic monoclonal gammopathies. 相似文献
Two cases are reported of obstruction of the transverse duodenum within the first 2 weeks after repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Abdominal radiography, upper gastrointestinal examination, and computed tomography all aid in the diagnosis. 相似文献