Cigarette smoking and open tibial fractures

Cigarette smoking and open tibial fractures

Complication rates were compared in 140 smoking and 133 non-smoking patients with open tibial fractures. Both the groups were evenly matched demographically and in terms of primary fracture treatment. Flap failure complicated 7 (20%) patients in the smoking group and 4 (14%) in the non-smoking group...

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Veröffentlicht in:Injury 2001, Vol.32 (1), p.61-65
Hauptverfasser: Adams, C.I, Keating, J.F, Court-Brown, C.M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
Fracture Healing
Fractures, Open - complications
Fractures, Open - surgery
Fractures, Ununited - etiology
Humans
Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Non-union
Open tibial fracture
Smoking
Smoking - adverse effects
Surgical Flaps - standards
Tibial Fractures - complications
Tibial Fractures - surgery
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Treatment Failure
Wound Infection - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:Complication rates were compared in 140 smoking and 133 non-smoking patients with open tibial fractures. Both the groups were evenly matched demographically and in terms of primary fracture treatment. Flap failure complicated 7 (20%) patients in the smoking group and 4 (14%) in the non-smoking group. The mean time to union was 32 weeks for smokers and 28 weeks for non-smokers ( P
ISSN:0020-1383
1879-0267
DOI:10.1016/S0020-1383(00)00121-2