Doctors Face Challenges in Treating Spine Trauma in Morbidly Obese Patients

In an article published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, doctors at Monash University and the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, have highlighted the challenges they have encountered while surgically managing spine trauma in morbidly obese patients. Concerns include transport and transfer, imaging, surgical positioning, venous problems and others. Click here to read the full story.