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References from The impact of morbid obesity and metabolic syndrome in elective spine surgery outcomes: A systematic review. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Projected U.S. state level prevalence of adult obesity and severe obesity
10.1056/nejmsa1909301 · 2019 · External reference
Does obesity affect the surgical outcome and complication rates of spinal surgery? A meta-analysis
10.1007/s11999-013-3346-3 · 2014 · External reference
Effect of obesity on the development, management, and outcomes of spinal disorders
10.5435/jaaos-d-17-00837 · 2019 · External reference
Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic
2000 · External reference
More risks and complications for elective spine surgery in morbidly obese patients
10.4103/sni.sni_49_17 · 2017 · External reference
Impact of obesity on outcomes following lumbar spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.12.012 · 2019 · External reference
Investigating the association of patient body mass index with posterior subcutaneous fat thickness in the cervical spine: a retrospective radiographic study
2023 · External reference
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
2021 · External reference
Limitations of administrative databases in spine research: a study in obesity
10.1016/j.spinee.2014.04.025 · 2014 · External reference
The impact of obesity on short- and long-term outcomes after lumbar fusion
10.1097/brs.0000000000000655 · 2015 · External reference
Obese Class III patients at significantly greater risk of multiple complications after lumbar surgery: an analysis of 10,387 patients in the ACS NSQIP database
10.1016/j.spinee.2013.11.047 · 2014 · External reference
The effect of obesity on clinical outcomes after minimally invasive surgery of the spine: a systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.010 · 2018 · External reference
Bariatric surgery before spine surgery is associated with fewer postsurgical complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1097/brs.0000000000004682 · 2023 · External reference
Morbid obesity increases cost and complication rates in spinal arthrodesis
10.1097/brs.0b013e31823bbeef · 2012 · External reference
Body mass index predicts risk of complications in lumbar spine surgery based on surgical invasiveness
10.1016/j.spinee.2017.11.015 · 2018 · External reference
Body mass index as a predictor of complications and mortality after lumbar spine surgery
10.1097/brs.0000000000000232 · 2014 · External reference
Bariatric surgery before elective posterior lumbar fusion is associated with reduced medical complications and infection
10.1016/j.spinee.2018.01.023 · 2018 · External reference
Impact of metabolic syndrome on morbidity and mortality following transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF)
10.1016/j.jor.2023.10.027 · 2023 · External reference
Obesity negatively affects cost efficiency and outcomes following adult spinal deformity surgery
10.1016/j.spinee.2019.12.012 · 2020 · External reference
Cervical disc arthroplasty is safe across various obesity levels
10.1016/j.spinee.2024.11.008 · 2025 · External reference
Obesity and spine surgery: relation to perioperative complications
10.3171/spi.2007.6.4.1 · 2007 · External reference
A prospective, multi-institutional comparative effectiveness study of lumbar spine surgery in morbidly obese patients: does minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion result in superior outcomes?
10.1016/j.wneu.2014.12.034 · 2015 · External reference
Impact of morbid obesity (BMI > 40 kg/m2) on complication rate and outcome following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF)
10.1016/j.clineuro.2019.02.004 · 2019 · External reference
Effects of obesity on cervical disc arthroplasty complications
10.14245/ns.2346788.394 · 2023 · External reference
The Effect of morbid obesity on complications, readmission, and patient-reported outcomes following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: an inverse propensity score weighted analysis
10.1097/brs.0000000000004059 · 2021 · External reference
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients undergoing elective spine surgery: a cross-sectional analysis
10.1016/j.wneu.2014.12.031 · 2015 · External reference
Impact of obesity severity on achieving a minimum clinically important difference following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
10.1097/bsd.0000000000001205 · 2022 · External reference
Effect of obesity on cost per quality-adjusted life years gained following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in elective degenerative pathology
10.1016/j.spinee.2016.06.023 · 2016 · External reference
Lumbar spine surgery across 15 years: trends, complications and reoperations in a longitudinal observational study from Norway
10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028743 · 2019 · External reference
Obesity and perioperative outcomes in older surgical patients undergoing elective spine and major arthroplasty surgery
10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110475 · 2021 · External reference
Does obesity impact lumbar sagittal alignment and clinical outcomes after a posterior lumbar spine fusion?
10.1007/s00586-019-06094-y · 2020 · External reference
Complications of Spine Surgery in “Super Obese” Patients
10.1177/2192568220953393 · 2022 · External reference
Analysis of risk factors for perioperative complications in spine surgery
10.1038/s41598-022-18417-z · 2022 · External reference
Obesity and posterior spine fusion surgery: a prospective observational study
10.1016/j.ijotn.2021.100920 · 2022 · External reference
Early revision rate after posterior spinal fusion surgery increases with every additional BMI point
10.1007/s00586-025-08726-y · 2025 · External reference
Does obesity explain the effect of the metabolic syndrome on complications following elective lumbar fusion? A propensity score matched analysis
10.1177/2192568218765149 · 2018 · External reference
Elevated patient body mass index does not negatively affect self-reported outcomes of thoracolumbar surgery: results of a comparative observational study with minimum 1-Year follow-up
10.1055/s-0035-1556585 · 2016 · External reference
Influence of dynamic preoperative body mass index changes on patient-reported outcomes after surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disease
10.1007/s10143-020-01454-5 · 2021 · External reference
Metabolic syndrome increases risk for perioperative outcomes following posterior lumbar interbody fusion
10.1097/md.0000000000021786 · 2020 · External reference
Impact of body mass index on outcomes after lumbar spine surgery
10.1038/s41598-023-35008-8 · 2023 · External reference
A comparison study on patient-reported outcome between obese and non-obese patients with central lumbar spinal stenosis undergoing surgical decompression: 14, 984 patients in the National Swedish Quality Registry for Spine Surgery
10.2340/17453674.2022.5254 · 2022 · External reference
Impact of body mass index on opioid consumption in lumbar spine fusion surgery
2021 · External reference
Pre-Operative bariatric surgery imparts an increased risk of infection, re-admission and operative intervention following elective instrumented lumbar fusion
10.1177/21925682211011601 · 2023 · External reference
Mild and severe obesity reduce the effectiveness of lumbar fusions: 1 year patient reported outcomes in 8171 patients
10.1093/neuros/nyaa414 · 2021 · External reference
Thoracolumbar fusion in extreme obesity: complications and patient-reported outcomes
10.14444/6003 · 2019 · External reference
The Impact of body mass index and metabolic syndrome on perioperative outcomes following cervical laminoplasty
10.1177/21925682251349993 · 2026 · External reference
Does body mass index influence intraoperative costs and operative times for open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion? A time-driven activity-based costing analysis
2025 · External reference
Racial disparities in surgical outcomes after spine surgery an ACS-NSQIP analysis
10.1177/2192568218811633 · 2019 · External reference
Racial and social determinants of health disparities in spine surgery affect preoperative morbidity and postoperative patient reported outcomes: retrospective observational study
10.1097/brs.0000000000004344 · 2022 · External reference
Disparities in the impact of access to and outcomes of bariatric surgery among different ethnoracial and socioeconomic populations: a narrative review of the literature
10.21037/ales-22-81 · 2023 · External reference
Congress of neurological surgeons systematic review and evidence-based guidelines for perioperative spine: preoperative surgical risk assessment
10.1093/neuros/nyab316 · 2021 · External reference
Preoperative optimization of obese spine patients with GLP-1 receptor agonists: enhancing surgery and improving outcomes
10.21037/jss-24-152 · 2025 · External reference
Cost-Effectiveness of bariatric surgery prior to posterior lumbar decompression and fusion in an obese population with degenerative spondylolisthesis
10.1097/brs.0000000000003940 · 2021 · External reference
Racial disparities in outcomes after spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.140 · 2022 · External reference
10.1016/j.jocn.2019.12.044
10.1016/j.jocn.2019.12.044 · External reference
The current state of minimally invasive approaches to adult spinal deformity
10.1007/s12178-019-09570-6 · 2019 · External reference
