Influence of smoking on aneurysm recurrence after endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular aneurysms.

CONCLUSIONS A positive smoking history is associated with a significantly increased risk of aneurysm recurrence in patients who have undergone endovascular repair of a cerebral aneurysm, compared with the risk in patients who have never smoked. PMID: 28644100 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - June 23, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Futchko J, Starr J, Lau D, Leach MR, Roark C, Pandey AS, Thompson BG Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research