Effect of body mass index on surgical times of lumbar laminoplasty and lower limb arthroplasties

Volume: 20, Issue: 1
Published: Sep 6, 2019
Abstract
Obesity is an important factor affecting incidence and development of musculoskeletal degenerative changes. In addition, obese patients are considered less favorable surgical candidates for decompression surgery in degenerative lumbar spinal canal stenosis and lower limb arthroplasty. The purpose was to assess disease characteristics of lumbar spinal canal stenosis as well as lower limb osteoarthritis, and to investigate surgical times based on...
Paper Details
Title
Effect of body mass index on surgical times of lumbar laminoplasty and lower limb arthroplasties
Published Date
Sep 6, 2019
Volume
20
Issue
1
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