Does obesity affect outcomes or complications in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation after open lumbar microdiscectomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Brain Spine · 2026 · PMC12914679 · PMID 41716877

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Our study may support this finding as the sensitivity analysis revealed a positive trend towards this outcome.

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Heterogeneity tests (τ 2 = 0, I 2 = 0, p < 0.001 showed a highly significant heterogeneity across studies ( Table 2.2 and Fig. 2 b). 3.3.2.

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