Research Article
Impact of Obesity and Underweight on Surgical Outcome of Lumbar Disc Herniation
Table 4
Recurrence and revision rate among difference weight groups.
| Group | Patient satisfaction | Recurrence* (%) | Revision# (%) | Excellent (%) | Good (%) | Fair (%) | Poor (%) |
| Underweight | 18 (75) | 3 (12.5) | 2 (8.3) | 1 (4.2) | 3 (12.5) | 1 (4.2) | Normal | 69 (85.2) | 7 (8.6) | 3 (3.7) | 2 (2.5) | 7 (8.6) | 3 (3.7) | Overweight | 45 (80.3) | 7 (12.5) | 3 (5.4) | 1 (1.8) | 6 (10.7) | 2 (3.6) | Obese | 37 (82.2) | 4 (8.9) | 3 (6.7) | 1 (2.2) | 7 (15.6) | 3 (6.7) |
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Re-herniation: symptomatic recurrence of lumbar disc herniation.
#Re-operation: revision surgery due to refractory recurrence.
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