The impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obesity on length of stay and cost of spine surgery

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-427

  Walid, M Sami ^a   Zaytseva, Nadezhda V ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KUBAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

COPD; hospital cost; length of stay; obesity; spine surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958004830     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.67120     Document Type: Article

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