Cigarette smoking delays bone healing: A prospective study of 200 patients operated on by the hemicallotasis technique

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-351

  W Dahl, Annette ^a   Toksvig Larsen, Sören ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 3042512347     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470410001303     Document Type: Article

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