Obesity increases the risk of recurrent herniated nucleus pulposus after lumbar microdiscectomy

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 575-580

  Meredith, Dennis S ^a   Huang, Russel C ^a   Nguyen, Joseph ^a   Lyman, Stephen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar microdiscectomy; Obesity; Recurrent herniated nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT;

EID: 77953610793     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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