Does Smoking Affect Short-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes After Lumbar Decompression?

Dhruv K C GoyalSrikanth N DiviDaniel R BowlesVictor E MujicaIan David KayeMark F KurdBarrett I WoodsKris E RadcliffJeffrey A RihnD Greg AndersonAlan S HilibrandChristopher K KeplerAlexander R VaccaroGregory D Schroeder

Published in: Global spine journal (2020)

These results suggest that smoking status does not significantly affect short-term complications or outcomes in patients undergoing lumbar decompression surgery.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
patient reported outcomes
patients undergoing
smoking cessation
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
coronary artery bypass
coronary artery disease