Short-term pre-operative smoking cessation intervention does not affect postoperative complications in colorectal surgery: A randomized clinical trial

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-352

  Sørensen, Lars Tue ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Anastomotic leakage; Nicotine replacement therapy; Pneumonia; Postoperative complications; Smoking cessation; Wound healing; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NICORRETE CHEWING GUM; NICORRETE INHALATOR; NICORRETE NASAL SPRAY; NICORRETE PATCH; NICORRETE RESORIBLET; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037963786     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2003.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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