Improvement of thoracic myelopathy following bariatric surgery in an obese patient

Revision spine surgery is extremely challenging in super-super obese patients (body mass index (BMI) ≥60 kg/m(2)). This is the first report describing how bariatric surgery was useful for a super-super obese patient with progressing myelopathy. A 44-year-old man with a BMI of 62.9 kg/m(2) presented...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Takenaka, Shota, Mukai, Yoshihiro, Hosono, Noboru, Kaito, Takashi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Novel Treatment (New Drug/Intervention; Established Drug/Procedure in New Situation)
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5898283/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643138
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223629
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