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DELGADO RIFA, Eraclio  e  QUESADA MUSA, Juan Vicente. Intraarticular ozone therapy in the knee arthrosis. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 2005, vol.19, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3100.

A descriptive study was carried out in patients with diagnosis of knee arthrosis that were treated with intraarticular ozone at the Center of Retinitis Pigmentosa in Las Tunas city from January, 2002 to January, 2003. 80 patients were treated. Some of them presented bilateral arthrosis with failure of previuos therapy. The analgesic effect of ozone in this entity was shown and good results were obtained in 84.1 %. Collateral benefits were attained in other apparatuses and systems in 70 % of the treated patients. A significant improvement of the living standard was observed in 98% of the patients as regards the studied variables. The main adverse reactions found in the application of this therapy were analyzed and its innocuousness was also stressed.

Palavras-chave : Ozone; , intraarticular; arthrosis; knee.