Association of Nicotine Cessation Time on the Incidence of Recurrent Incisional Hernia Repair and Postoperative Surgical Site Occurrences.
Patrick J McBeeNicholas K LarsenMatthew J ReillyRyan W WaltersMolly A OlsonRobert J FitzgibbonsPublished in: The American surgeon (2023)
Former nicotine users with less than 1 year of nicotine use cessation before surgery exhibited worse outcomes than those with more than a year of cessation or no prior use.