Lumbar spine surgery in the obese patient

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 376-379

  Andreshak, Thomas G ^a   An, Howard S ^b   Hall, John ^b   Stein, Becki ^b  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Herniated lumbar disc; Lumbar spine surgery; Obesity; Perioperative complications; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030814858     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-199710000-00003     Document Type: Article

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