Open AccessThe impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obesity on length of stay and cost of spine surgery
Author(s) -
M. Sami Walid,
Nadezhda Zaytseva
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.67120
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , obesity , body mass index , pulmonary disease , surgery , population , lumbar , environmental health
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obesity may be more common among spine surgery patients than in the general population and may affect hospital cost.