Metabolic Syndrome and Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery: Epidemiology and Perioperative Outcomes
Spine, 05/17/2012
Memtsoudis SG et al. – Patients with metabolic syndrome undergoing primaryposterior lumbar spinal fusion represent an increasing financial burden on the health care system. Clinicians should recognize that metabolic syndrome represents a risk factor for increased perioperative morbidity.



