Smoking Increases the Rate of Reoperation for Infection within 90 Days After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty

Conclusions:
This study, after controlling for confounding factors, demonstrated not only that current smokers have a significantly increased risk of reoperation for infection within 90 days of a surgical procedure compared with nonsmokers, but also that the amount that one has smoked, regardless of current smoking status, significantly contributed to increased risk of nonoperative readmission.

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

Source: JBJS - February 14, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tischler, E. H., Matsen Ko, L., Chen, A. F., Maltenfort, M. G., Schroeder, J., Austin, M. S. Tags: Hip, Infection, Knee Scientific Articles Source Type: research