UToledo Researchers Find Diabetes Increases Risk of Failure in Spinal Fusion Procedures (IMAGE)

University of Toledo

UToledo Researchers Find Diabetes Increases Risk of Failure in Spinal Fusion Procedures

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Dr. Beata Lecka-Czernik, left, a professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UToledo, and Dr. Hossein Elgafy, chief of spine surgery at The University of Toledo Medical Center, recently collaborated on a study that found lumbar spinal fusion procedures are far more likely to fail in individuals with diabetes.

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Dan Miller | The University of Toledo

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