The effect of the duration of preoperative smoking cessation timing on outcomes after elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and lower extremity bypass

Smoking has been associated with poor postoperative outcomes across various surgical procedures. However, the effect of quitting smoking preoperatively for elective operations is unclear. Our goal was to assess the temporal effect of smoking cessation before elective lower extremity bypass (LEB) and open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair on perioperative outcomes.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - May 26, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Nkiruka Arinze, Alik Farber, Scott R. Levin, Thomas W. Cheng, Douglas W. Jones, Carrie G. Siracuse, Virendra I. Patel, Denis Rybin, Gheorghe Doros, Jeffrey J. Siracuse Source Type: research