The Impact of Obesity on Spine Surgery Operative Time: A Quantitative Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Study DesignRetrospective cohort study.ObjectiveThe study aimed to determine how obesity modifies operative time and the influence of operative time on wound complications or surgical infections for patients undergoing a single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) or a single-level posterior lumbar fusion (PLF).MethodsThe American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database was queried to identify patients who had undergone either a single-level ACDF or a single-level PLF. Multivariable regression was used to determine the relationship between obesity and operative time as well as the relationship between operative time and wound complications or surgical infections.ResultsFor every BMI unit of increase, ACDF operative times increa

SUBMITTER: Goheer HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12367723 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature