作者: Dima Y. Abdallah , Mutaz M. Jadaan , John P. McCabe
DOI: 10.1007/S00586-013-2890-6
关键词: Body mass index 、 Medicine 、 Obesity 、 Neurosurgery 、 Meta-analysis 、 Comorbidity 、 MEDLINE 、 Retrospective cohort study 、 Surgery 、 Prospective cohort study
摘要: Purpose Inconsistent results have been reported in the literature on association between obesity, expressed as increased body mass index (BMI), and risk for surgical site infection (SSI) following spine surgery. The objective of this study was to review quantify BMI spinal SSI adults.