The obesity paradox may not lead to functional gains in stroke patients undergoing acute inpatient rehabilitation.

Introduction: Obesity is a risk factor for many adverse health outcomes. However for some cardiac conditions and cancers, evidence of an "obesity paradox" seems to exist where an elevated body mass index (BMI) is linked to protective effects in mortality and functional outcomes. Within the stroke rehabilitation literature, there are conflicting findings on this phenomenon possibly due to unaccounted for variables, such as comorbid medical conditions.

Removing Outer Gloves as a Method to Reduce Spinal Surgery Infection.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study was performed to analyze the effect of a specifically timed glove change on infection rates in lumbar spinal fusion.

Objectives: Postoperative infection is a frequent and taxing complication following posterior lumbar spine fusion with instrumentation. This procedure is associated with infection rates up to 9%.