Does short-term cessation of smoking before lung resections reduce the risk of complications?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking cessation is a highly important preparation before thoracic surgery. We examined the effects of short-term smoking cessation intervention before pulmonary resection on postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs).

Methods

A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data was performed for 753 patients who underwent curative surgical resection for thoracic malignancy at 3 institutions. Patients with a smoking history were instructed to quit smoking. After confirming smoking cessation by at least four weeks before surgery, surgical resection was performed. Subjects were classified into three groups based on their smoking status: abstainers (anyone who had stopped smoking for at least 4 weeks but less than 2 months), former smokers (anyone who had abst

SUBMITTER: Takenaka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature