Effect of smoking and smoking cessation intervention on postoperative complications of orthopedic and hand surgery: A single-center interventional study
Continuing to smoke and decreasing age, the occurrence, number, and severity of complications increased. Alcohol consumption and female sex were linked to an elevated occurrence of complications. It is important to wean every smoking patient, especially young smokers, from smoking to reduce the occurrence and severity of complications.
Authors
- Kalle Kainiemi
- Antti Kyrö (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1589-7741)
- Sara Taskinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9470-7258)
- Antti Malmivaara
Institutions
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Karelia University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- North Karelia Central Hospital (FI)
- Invalidisäätiö (FI)
- Päijät-Hämeen Keskussairaala (FI)
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/214133
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 39.15