Impact of Obesity and Underweight on Surgical Outcome of Lumbar Disc Herniation
Joint Authors
Omidi-Kashani, Farzad
Rafeemanesh, Ehsan
Attarchi, Hassan
Seyf, Parham
Ghayem Hasankhani, Ebrahim
Khanzadeh, Reza
Rahimi, Mohammad Dawood
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-01-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
The relationship between underweight and lumbar spine surgery is still unknown.
Aim.
To evaluate the effect of underweight versus obesity based on surgical outcome of lumbar disc herniation.
Material and Method.
In this retrospective study, we evaluated 206 patients (112 male and 94 female) with a mean age of 37.5±3.1 years old (ranged 20–72) who have been surgically treated due to the refractory simple primary L4-L5 disc herniation.
We followed them up for a mean period of 42.4±7.2 months (ranged 24–57).
We used Body Mass Index (BMI), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for categorization, disability, and pain assessment, respectively.
We used Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney U tests for statistics.
Results.
Surgical discectomy in all weight groups was associated with significant improvement in pain and disability, but intergroup comparison showed these improvements in both underweight and obese groups and they were significantly lower than in normal weight group.
Excellent and good satisfaction rate was also somewhat lower in both these ends of weight spectrum, but statistically insignificant.
Conclusion.
Both obesity and underweight may have adverse prognostic influences on the surgical outcome of lumbar disc herniation, although their impact on subjective satisfaction rate seems to be insignificant.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Omidi-Kashani, Farzad& Ghayem Hasankhani, Ebrahim& Rafeemanesh, Ehsan& Seyf, Parham& Attarchi, Hassan& Rahimi, Mohammad Dawood…[et al.]. 2014. Impact of Obesity and Underweight on Surgical Outcome of Lumbar Disc Herniation. Asian Journal of Neuroscience،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-496039
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Omidi-Kashani, Farzad…[et al.]. Impact of Obesity and Underweight on Surgical Outcome of Lumbar Disc Herniation. Asian Journal of Neuroscience No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-496039
American Medical Association (AMA)
Omidi-Kashani, Farzad& Ghayem Hasankhani, Ebrahim& Rafeemanesh, Ehsan& Seyf, Parham& Attarchi, Hassan& Rahimi, Mohammad Dawood…[et al.]. Impact of Obesity and Underweight on Surgical Outcome of Lumbar Disc Herniation. Asian Journal of Neuroscience. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-496039
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-496039