Relationship between Grade Ii, Iii and IV Obesity, Disc Degeneration and Chronic Low Back Pain under Minimally Invasive Lumbar Surgery

Abstract

Obesity (BMI>30Kg/m2) is a pandemic with severe medical and financial implications. There is growing evidence that relates certain metabolic processes within the adipose tissue, preferentially abdominal fat, with a low-intensity chronic inflammatory state mediated by adipokines and other substances that favor disk disease and chronic low back pain.