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 …

Context Over 1.9 billion adult people have overweight or obesity. Considered as a chronic
disease itself, obesity is associated with several comorbidities. Chronic pain affects …

Study Design Our prospective observational cohort study was registered with Clinicaltrials.
gov (ID: NCT04988893) and conducted at London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria …

BACKGROUND Patient factors (increased body mass index [BMI], smoking, and diabetes)
may impact outcomes after spine surgery. There is a lack of consensus regarding which …

Introduction The purpose of this study is to provide a state-of-the-art review regarding risk
factors for perioperative complications in adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery. The review …

Major vascular injury resulting in uncontrolled bleeding is a catastrophic and often fatal
complication of minimally invasive surgery. At the outset of these events, surgeons do not …

Study Design: A meta-analysis study. Objective: This meta-analysis evaluates the difference
in surgical outcomes between obese and nonobese patients undergoing adult spinal …

Introduction Morbidly obese patients are at increased risk for intraoperative and
postoperative complications following spinal fusion. Preoperative weight loss can improve …

Background Unplanned readmissions and reoperations are known to be associated with
undesirable costs and potentially inferior outcomes in complex adult spinal deformity (ASD) …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Obesity is increasingly prevalent globally and is associated with
various health issues, including spine-related disorders. Previous studies have shown …