Background: Smoking has been associated with wound healing complications and overall
morbidity in multiple specialties, including plastic surgery. From 2005 to 2014, smoking …

Background: Smoking as a risk factor for postoperative complications is more relevant in
elective plastic surgery than in urgent general surgery. From 2005 to 2014, the US smoking …

Background: Smoking is known to negatively impact postoperative wound healing and
increase infection risk. However, few studies have investigated whether the negative effects …

Background Smoking has been associated with several postoperative adverse outcomes
across multiple surgical disciplines, but the literature is limited for aesthetic surgical …

Background Smoking is considered to be a significant risk factor for the development of
postoperative complications after various surgical procedures, mainly by limiting oxygen …

Purpose Smoking is a prevalent modifiable risk factor that has been associated with adverse
postoperative outcomes across numerous surgical specialties. We examined the impact of …

Cigarette smoking is associated with surgical complications, including wound healing and
surgical site infection. However, the association between smoking status and postoperative …

Background: In this prospective study, the authors followed patients who underwent
aesthetic abdominoplasty to determine the influence of smoking on the occurrence of …

Background To investigate the impact of smoking on perioperative outcomes in patients
undergoing one of the 16 major cardiovascular, orthopedic, or oncologic surgical …

Background: Tobacco use remains a persistent risk factor in elective plastic surgery.
Although nicotine is thought to increase complications, which procedures are affected and …