Smoking and wound healing problems in reduction mammaplasty: Is the introduction of urine nicotine testing justified?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-115

  Chan, Lennard K W ^a,b   Withey, Simon ^a   Butler, Peter E M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral breast reduction; Complication; Reduction mammaplasty; Smoking; Urine nicotine testing; Wound healing problem

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FAT NECROSIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE GRAFT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33645048709     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000197635.26473.a2     Document Type: Article

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