The impact of smoking on neurosurgical outcomes

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1323-1330

  Lau, Darryl ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a   Khullar, Dhruv ^b   Maa, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Complication; Morbidity; Neurosurgery; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN SPONGE;

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AWARENESS; BLEEDING; BRAIN TUMOR; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CELL DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIOTOMY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPINE SURGERY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SMOKING;

EID: 84885115129     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.JNS122287     Document Type: Review

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