Intervertebral disc is made of nucleous pulposus, which is jelly like material, which contain 90% of proteoglycans . When ozone is injected into disc with specialised needle, the proteoglycan embedded in the jelly like material are broken down and so it is not capable of retaining water. As a result, disc shrink inside and mummified which is as equivalent to surgical discectomy and for that procedure it is called ozone discectomy or ozone nucleolysis.

Success rate is about 88%, which is comparable to surgical discectomy (50% to 90%) . Complications are very nil as much less then open surgery. It has been published in “Anesthesia and pain general that 85% of disc operation can be avoided with this non surgical intervention technique.

Ozone therapy : It is to be done under local anesthesia with patient awake.

Usually 1 to 2 sitting at the interval of 2-4 weeks are required. But in some resistant cases, additional procedures may be required.