Smoking and postoperative complications in plastic and general surgical procedures: A propensity-score matched analysis of 294,903 patients from the NSQIP database from 2005-2014

by | May 16, 2019 | Publication, Pulmonary

Abstract Authors: Fu RH, Toyoda Y, Li L, Baser O, Rohde CH, Otterburn DM 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 U.S. smoking rate...