Increased revision rates in posterior spinal fusion surgery – Is obesity a critical factor?

• A. Hammer,
• D. Rappert,
• O. Cheremina,
• K.J. Schnake

Affiliations

A. Hammer

Interdisciplinary Center for Spinal and Scoliosis Surgery, Waldkrankenhaus, Rathsberger Straße, Erlangen, Germany

D. Rappert

Interdisciplinary Center for Spinal and Scoliosis Surgery, Waldkrankenhaus, Rathsberger Straße, Erlangen, Germany

O. Cheremina

Interdisciplinary Center for Spinal and Scoliosis Surgery, Waldkrankenhaus, Rathsberger Straße, Erlangen, Germany

K.J. Schnake

Interdisciplinary Center for Spinal and Scoliosis Surgery, Waldkrankenhaus, Rathsberger Straße, Erlangen, Germany; Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany