A case of vertebrobasilar stroke during oxygen-ozone therapy
Corea F, Amici S, Murgia N, Tambasco N. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2004.
- Study type
- Case report
- People studied
- 1 person
- Population
- Patient who had a vertebrobasilar stroke during medical oxygen-ozone therapy, discussed in the abstract as a treatment for lumbar disk herniation; no age or sex given
- Published
- 2004, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Identifiers
- PMID 17903984, DOI 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2004.08.004
What the authors reported
The authors report what they describe as the first case of stroke during medical oxygen-ozone therapy, which the abstract discusses as combined intradiscal and periganglionic injection for lumbar disk herniation. The patient had Anton's syndrome as a result of hypoperfusion at the top of the basilar artery.
What limits this result
Single case report, read from a four-sentence abstract only. The abstract does not state the patient's age or sex, the injection route or ozone dose, the timing of the stroke, or the outcome.
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How the study was done
- Design
- Case report
A case of vertebrobasilar stroke during oxygen-ozone therapy
- Setting
- San Raffaele University Hospital, Clinica Neurologia, Stroke Unit, Milano, Italy (author affiliation)
- Read from
- Read from the abstract only; where this page says nothing about an item, the abstract does not report it. Read on October 2, 2026.
Source: Abstract on PubMed
Study arms
| Group | Participants | What they received |
|---|---|---|
| Single patient | Not reported | Oxygen-ozone therapy, during which a vertebrobasilar stroke occurred |
Source: Abstract on PubMed
What it measured
- Neurological syndrome
- Anton's syndrome as a result of top of the basilar hypoperfusion
Source: Abstract on PubMed
Safety as reported
Stroke during medical oxygen-ozone application, which the authors describe as the first reported case
Source: Abstract on PubMed
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