Weight loss in overweight and obese patients following successful lumbar decompression

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 742-747

  Garcia, Ryan M ^a   Messerschmitt, Patrick J ^a   Furey, Christopher G ^a   Bohlman, Henry H ^a   Cassinelli, Ezequiel H ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 41849086657     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00724     Document Type: Article

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