History of spine surgery in older obese patients
Goal: To study the interaction of obesity and age in patients with multiple spine surgeries. Methods: Data on the body mass index (BMI) of 956 patients were collected and classified into four groups: non-obese (BMI <30 kg/m2), obese-class I (BMI ≥30 kg/m2), obese-class II (BMI ≥35 kg/m2) and obes...
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2011-01-01
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| Series: | GMS German Medical Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.egms.de/en/journals/gms/2011-9/000128.shtml |