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Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. william.abdu@hitchcock.org
D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009765:Obesity; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012307:Risk Factors; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*