The Effect of Smoking on Short-Term Complications Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Conclusions:
On the basis of our findings, current smokers have an increased risk of wound complications and both current and former smokers have an increased total complication risk following total hip or total knee arthroplasty.

Level of Evidence:
Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - July 1, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Duchman, K. R., Gao, Y., Pugely, A. J., Martin, C. T., Noiseux, N. O., Callaghan, J. J. Tags: Hip, Knee Scientific Articles Source Type: research