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Rapid Bodyweight Reduction before Lumbar Fusion Surgery Increased Postoperative Complications

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. PURPOSE: To determine the effects of massive weight loss on perioperative complications after lumbar fusion surgery (LFS). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Patients who are obese are more likely to experience low back pain, which would require LFS. Nonetheless, they...

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Autores principales: Rudy, Hayeem L., Cho, Woojin, Oster, Brittany A., Tarpada, Sandip Parshottam, Moran-Atkin, Erin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7595823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32213793
http://dx.doi.org/10.31616/asj.2019.0236