From: Overweight increases perioperative spinal surgery complications: a single-center retrospective study
Overweight | P value | ||
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( +); n = 117 | (-); n = 152 | ||
Age | 61.8 ± 16.6 | 65.1 ± 18.0 | 0.04 |
Female sex | 36 | 54 | 0.44 |
BMI | 27.5 ± 2.3 | 21.6 ± 2.3 | 0.00 |
Surgical time | 204.6 ± 98.0 | 175.0 ± 75.0 | 0.01 |
Blood loss | 446.8 ± 447.9 | 279 ± 296.5 | 0.00 |
Complication | 25 | 21 | 0.14 |
Durotomy | 10 | 3 | 0.02 |
Cerebrospinal fluid leakage | 0 | 1 | 0.77 |
Deep wound infection | 4 | 1 | 2.76 |
Epidural hematoma | 4 | 1 | 2.76 |
Neurological complications | 1 | 3 | 0.57 |
Implant failure | 0 | 1 | 0.77 |
Cerebral disease | 1 | 2 | 0.13 |
Death | 0 | 1 | 0.77 |
others | 5 | 8 | 0.14 |