Durability of Smoking Cessation for Elective Lower Extremity Orthopaedic Surgery

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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Main Authors: Danica H. Smith, Michael F. McTague MPH, Michael J. Weaver MD, Jeremy T. Smith MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-10-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419S00399

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