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 .
Lack of correlation between smoking status and early postoperative outcome following valve surgery.
BACKGROUND We sought to assess the effect of smoking on early outcome following valve surgery . METHODS This is a retrospective review of a prospect ively collected departmental data base of all patients who underwent isolated aortic and /or mitral valve surgery ( replacement and /or repair ) . Our cohort consisted of 590 patients stratified into three groups :  current smokers  ( n = 94 ) ,  ex-smokers  ( n = 243 ) , and nonsmokers ( n = 253 ) . RESULTS There were no significant differences in the in-hospital mortality between the three groups . Likewise , the length of both hospital and intensive care unit stays were similar among the three groups with a similar rate of postoperative complications . These findings remained statistically not significant , even after adjusting for potential confounders such as age , gender , etc . CONCLUSION Smoking does not seem to be associated with an increased early postoperative risk in patients undergoing valve surgery . However , because of the known effect of smoking on the risk of cardiovascular disease and because the effect of smoking on long-term survival in patients undergoing valve surgery remains unknown , patients should still be encouraged to quit smoking
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 .