Smoking increases the risk of postoperative wound complications: A propensity score-matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoking is associated with surgical complications, including wound healing and surgical site infection. However, the association between smoking status and postoperative wound complications is not completely understood. Our objective was to investigate the effect of smoking on postoperative wound complications for major surgeries. Data were collected from the 2013 to 2018 participant use files of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. A propensity score matching procedure was used to create the balanced smoker and nonsmoker groups. Multivariable logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for postoperative wound complications, pulmonary complications, and in-hospital mortalit

SUBMITTER: Fan Chiang YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9885463 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature