Associations between body mass and the outcome of surgery for scoliosis in Chinese adults.

BACKGROUND: In this study we intended to prove that being overweight has an unfavorable impact on the surgical treatment outcome of adult idiopathic scoliosis (AdIS). METHODS: This is a retrospective study on the surgical treatment of seventy-one more than 30 years old (58 females and 13 males; mean...

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Main Authors: Ziqiang Chen, Honglei Yi, Ming Li, Chuanfeng Wang, Jingtao Zhang, Changwei Yang, Yingchuan Zhao, Yanghu Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3128593?pdf=render