TREATMENT OF RHIZARTHROSIS WITH OXYGEN-OZONE THERAPY: OUR EXPERIENCE

¹ Department of Neuroradiology, Clinical Institute, “Città di Brescia”, Brescia, Italy
² Oberdan Specialist Outpatient Clinic, Brescia Italy
³ Oberdan Specialistic Clinic, Brescia, Italy
⁴ Department of Emergency, Civil Hospitals of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
⁵ Specialist Clinic Oberdan, Brescia, Brescia, Italy
⁶ San Rocco Specialistic Clinic, Montichiari, Brescia, Italy

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Journal of Orthopedics 2023 May-Aug; 15(2): 100-105
https://doi.org/10.69149/orthopedics/2023v15iss2_5

Received: 29 March 2023 Accepted: 2 May 2023

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Abstract

In recent years, the number of reports on the use of oxygen-ozone therapy for treating acute and chronic inflammatory joint disease has been constantly increasing. In this study, we report our experience in the treatment of rhizarthrosis. From March 2018 to February 2019, 27 patients (21 females and 6 males aged 58 to 79 years, mean age 67.8 years were enrolled. They were affected by rhizarthrosis. The diagnosis was confirmed by clinical examination and radiographic findings from standard metacarpal trapezius joint radiograms. Of the 27 treated patients, the clinical result was excellent in 16 (59%), in 5 it was satisfactory (19%), while in the remaining 6 no clinical benefit was obtained (22%). Although our series is currently limited to only 27 patients, we believe oxygen-ozone therapy in the treatment of metacarpal trapezius rhizarthrosis represents a valid therapeutic option instead of the use of drugs such as NSAIDs and/or steroids, especially in the first phase of the disease.

Keywords: joint, osteoarthritis, rhizarthrosis, thumb, trapeziometacarpal