Preoperative smoking status was not observed to be associated with postoperative mortality , cardiovascular complications , bleedings , anastomotic leakage , or allograft rejection .
CONCLUSIONS Preoperative smoking was found to be associated with an increased risk of the following postoperative complications : general morbidity , wound complications , general infections , pulmonary complications , neurological complications , and admission to the intensive care unit
OBJECTIVE To systematic ally review and summarize the evidence of an association between preoperative smoking status and postoperative complications elaborated on complication type .
BACKGROUND The conclusions of studies examining the association between preoperative smoking and postoperative complications are inconsistent , thus there is a need for a review and meta- analysis to summarize the existing evidence .
Wound Infections in Aesthetic Abdominoplasties: The Role of Smoking
Background : In this prospect i ve study , the authors followed patients who underwent aesthetic abdominoplasty  to determine the influence of smoking on the occurrence of postoperative wound infections . Methods : Patients who underwent aesthetic abdominoplasty were considered eligible for the study . The authors excluded postbariatric patients , those with ongoing clinical infections , those receiving a recent antibiotic course , and those with systemic diseases such as arteriosclerosis and diabetes mellitus . Smokers were advised to quit smoking at least 4 weeks before surgery . Results : Starting in February of 2004 , the authors enrolled 84 patients .  Postoperative infections were present in 13 patients ( 15.5 percent ) and were superficial in 10 ( 77 percent ) . All but one occurred in smokers . These had a certain number of cigarettes smoked per day , years of smoking , and higher estimated overall number of smoked cigarettes when postoperative infections were present . The relative risk of smoking on infections was 12 . A cutoff value of approximately 33,000 overall cigarettes smoked determined 3.3 percent false-positive and 0 percent false-negative rates . Conclusions : Smoking is an important issue in aesthetic surgery that needs to be accurately addressed during the preoperative interview . In the future , the analysis of smoke-related , easy-to-gather variables such as the estimated overall number of cigarettes smoked until surgery could help stratify patients according to their risk of manifesting infections
Preoperative smoking status was not observed to be associated with postoperative mortality , cardiovascular complications , bleedings , anastomotic leakage , or allograft rejection .
CONCLUSIONS Preoperative smoking was found to be associated with an increased risk of the following postoperative complications : general morbidity , wound complications , general infections , pulmonary complications , neurological complications , and admission to the intensive care unit
OBJECTIVE To systematic ally review and summarize the evidence of an association between preoperative smoking status and postoperative complications elaborated on complication type .
BACKGROUND The conclusions of studies examining the association between preoperative smoking and postoperative complications are inconsistent , thus there is a need for a review and meta- analysis to summarize the existing evidence .