Does obesity affect the surgical outcome and complication rates of spinal surgery? A meta-analysis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 968-975

  Jiang, Jin ^a   Teng, Yuanjun ^a   Fan, Zhenzhen ^a   Khan, Shahidur ^a   Xia, Yayi ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84898832298     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3346-3     Document Type: Article

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