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OBJECTIVE:The impact of obesity on spine surgery has been studied extensively, but only a few investigations have been focused on minimally invasive spinal fusion techniques and complication rates in normal-weight, preobese, or obese patients. Obesity was found to be a risk factor for intraoperative complications. Published data tend to favor minimal access surgery techniques (MAST) for obese patients. In a prospective study, we assessed the perioperative and postoperative complications of MAST in a large population of 187 patients. METHODS:We evaluated perioperative and postoperative complication rates in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) fusion techniques of the lumbar spine in obese, preobese, and normal-weight patients, classified by body mass index (BMI). Lumbar MIS fusion was performed by interbody fusion procedures and posterolateral fusion. In cases of spinal stenosis, a laminotomy was performed (146 patients). Any harmful event occurring during or after surgery was included in the statistical analysis. RESULTS:No infection or severe wound healing disorder was encountered in the series. No significant difference in terms of cerebrospinal fluid leakage, blood loss, drainage, or length of hospital stay between the 3 BMI groups was encountered. More clinically insignificant hematomas were encountered in the preobese and obese groups (P = 0.013) than in the normal-weight patients. No significant difference was registered between the BMI or age groups regarding overall complication rates. CONCLUSION:We conclude that preobese and obese patients are good candidates for MAST because BMI did not affect complication rates or duration of surgery.
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World Neurosurgjournal_title
World neurosurgeryauthors
Senker W,Stefanits H,Gmeiner M,Trutschnig W,Weinfurter I,Gruber Adoi
10.1016/j.wneu.2017.12.075subject
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2018-03-01 00:00:00pages
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.04.019
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.03.089
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-12-26 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2011.04.018
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.079
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.03.039
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.04.014
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.06.186
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.062
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.095
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.11.074
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.283
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.07.083
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.146
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2011.05.017
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00