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The Impact of Obesity on Perioperative Resource Utilization after Elective Spine Surgery for Degenerative Disease

Study Design Retrospective case series. Objective To determine the effect of obesity on the resource utilization and cost in 3270 consecutive patients undergoing elective noninstrumented decompressive surgeries for degenerative spine disease at Mayo Clinic Rochester between 2005 and 2012. Methods Gr...

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Main Authors: Planchard, Ryan F., Higgins, Dominique M., Mallory, Grant W., Puffer, Ross C., Jacob, Jeffrey T., Curry, Timothy B., Kor, Daryl J., Clarke, Michelle J.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4516728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26225277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1546819

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