Early Failures After Lumbar Discectomy Surgery: An Analysis of 62 690 Patients.

Andre M SamuelKyle MorseFrancis C LovecchioNoor MazaAvani S VaishnavYoshihiro KatsuuraSravisht IyerSteven J McAnanyTodd J AlbertCatherine Himo GangSheeraz A Qureshi

Published in: Global spine journal (2020)

Early failures after lumbar discectomy surgery are rare. However, certain subpopulations are associated with increased rates of early failure: obesity, multilevel surgery, females, and revision discectomies.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
surgical site infection
total knee arthroplasty
weight loss
coronary artery disease
percutaneous coronary intervention
body mass index
high fat diet induced