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Table 2 Overweight

From: Overweight increases perioperative spinal surgery complications: a single-center retrospective study

 

Overweight

P value

( +); 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