THE IMPACT OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY ON PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE PATIENTS
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- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 62 (3) , 693-699
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. Open lumbar spinal surgery in overweight or obese patients has been associated with increased risk of perioperative complications. The impactKeywords
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