Ozone therapy, applications in surgical pathology.

Abstract

The paper deals with a series of cases in the field of surgical pathology, surgically and non-surgically solved in the first private clinic with continuous hospitalisation in Oltenia region. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SURGERY AND OZONE THERAPY. The benefits are particularly seen in the postoperative period. A special category is wounds, as follows: A) Chronic, non-healing, refractory to conventional treatments or special dressings. - Local causes: resistant germs, circulatory disorders. - General causes: diabetes, neoplasia, immunosuppressed patients. B) Infected ulcerated mammary neoplasms C) Postoperative infiltration, before reaching the stage of suppuration D) Speeding up wound healing with high substance deficiency E) Post-operative wounds defectively healed A retrospective study conducted on 55 patients with various surgical pathologies treated with ozone for 20-40 days demonstrates the positive effect of the treatment, with an obvious improvement of symptoms and accelerated healing of postoperative wounds. The paper will detail cases with certain particularities: age, patient’s medical background, lesion itself, evolution under treatment. This work should awaken and propel medical specialists to reconsider ozone therapy more carefully.