Patient Body Mass Index is an Independent Predictor of 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery.

Aladine A. Elsamadicy; Owoicho Adogwa; Victoria D. Vuong; Ankit I. Mehta; Raul A. Vasquez; Joseph Cheng; Isaac O. Karikari; Carlos A. Bagley; Raul Vasquez-Castellanos

doi:10.1016/J.WNEU.2016.08.097

Patient Body Mass Index is an Independent Predictor of 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery.

Aladine A. Elsamadicy, Owoicho Adogwa, Victoria D. Vuong, Ankit I. Mehta, Raul A. Vasquez, Joseph Cheng, Isaac O. Karikari, Carlos A. Bagley, Raul Vasquez-Castellanos

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Original language	American English
Journal	World Neurosurgery
Volume	96
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.WNEU.2016.08.097
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Surgery

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Patient Body Mass Index is an Independent Predictor of 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery.

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