Durability of Smoking Cessation for Elective Lower Extremity Orthopaedic Surgery
Category: General Health Introduction/Purpose: Smoking tobacco is a risk factor for impaired wound healing, infection, delayed fracture healing, and prolonged hospital stay. Smoking cessation prior to surgery has shown a 40% relative risk reduction in total perioperative complications. The primary p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419S00399 |