Evidence based Orthopedics: Better clinical outcomes after acute fracture surgery with smoking cessation program

Better clinical outcomes after acute fracture surgery with smoking cessation program

 

105 smokers with acute fracture of the lower or upper extremity requiring surgical intervention and treated no more than two days prior to inclusion in the study were randomized to undergo a structured smoking cessation program for a period of 6 weeks or to continue as usual. At 6 to 12 weeks follow up the postoperative complications were significantly reduced when smoking cessation was implemented immediately after emergency fracture surgery.

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Jun;92(6):1335-42.