… lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is a commonly used technique to treat refractory cases of
degenerative spinal disease … -term pain reduction, even in obese patients.Previous studies have …

… outcomes comparable to those obtained in cohorts of obese and non-obese patients. … linking
obesity to degenerative disc disease and their effect on maintenance of chronic lumbar pain…

… Obesity is a factor that determines outcomes of surgical management for lumbar degenerative
disease (LDD). In this study, we demonstrate that patients with obesity had longer lengths …

… undergoing laminectomy and/or spinal fusion. … 109 obese patients and 161 non-obese
patients undergoing single or multilevel lumbar spinal fusion for a variety of degenerative lumbar …

… to be influencing variables in degenerative disk disease. The present study based on … risk
of lumbar disk diseases with obesity and overweight. The inclusion of age, sex, and BMI may …

… for obese individuals to re-establish intervertebral disc height … component in disc degeneration
in the obese individuals. A … persistent obesity in the development of posterior disc bulge, …

… adds complexity to surgical care; and our findings suggest that obese patients can
achieve an equally meaningful improvement in surgical outcomes when cared for at a high-volume …

… of an increased BMI on the prevalence and progression of lumbar disc degeneration among
… In our study, an increased risk of lumbar disc degeneration was found already when BMI at …

… Obesity is a factor for degenerative lumbar spine disease (DLSD), with increasing prevalence
worldwide. Consequently, patients who are overweight or obese have benefited from …

… seen in patients with more severe lumbar degeneration ( … years, obese individuals and
patients with degenerative scoliosis. … and low BMI are the risk factors for osteoporosis in patients …