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 Fitzgibbons

Published 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.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
minimally invasive
surgical site infection
patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass
risk factors
type diabetes
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
atrial fibrillation
acute coronary syndrome
glycemic control