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Determination of the Duration of Preoperative Smoking Cessation to Improve Wound Healing after Head and Neck Surgery

Michioki Kuri, Masashi Nakagawa, Hideo Tanaka, Seiko Hasuo, Yoshihiko Kishi

Anesthesiology · 2005 · 197 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

Preoperative smoking abstinence of longer than 3 weeks reduces the incidence of impaired wound healing among patients who have undergone reconstructive head and neck surgery.

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