The obese population is particularly challenging to the spine surgeon in all phases of care.
A narrative literature review was performed to review difficulties in spine surgery on the …

Study Design: Literature review. Objectives: An increasing number of obese patients
requires operative care for degenerative spinal disorders. The aim of this review is to …

Food production and consumption are essential in human existence, yet they are implicated
in the high occurrences of preventable chronic diseases and environmental degradation …

Background: To investigate the risk factors for postoperative venous thromboembolism
(VTE) in patients undergoing spinal surgery. Methods: Literature published in PubMed …

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. Objective: The effect of
malnutrition on outcomes after general surgery has been well reported in the literature …

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Preoperative anemia has been
associated with an increased need for blood transfusions and postoperative complications …

To investigate whether high body mass index (BMI) had adverse effects on the postoperative
outcomes for patients who underwent anterior or posterior cervical fusion procedures. A …

Study Design. Retrospective study on prospectively collected data. Objective. The aim of this
study was to study the impact of nutritional status, as measured by serum albumin level, on …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures for lumbar
spine disease have been increasing amid a growing obese patient population with limited …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. To determine if International
Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding for obesity is biased toward certain subgroups and …