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Abstinence From Smoking Reduces Incisional Wound Infection

Lars Tue Sørensen, Tonny Karlsmark, Finn Gottrup

Annals of Surgery · 2003 · 543 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Smokers have a higher wound infection rate than never-smokers and 4 weeks of abstinence from smoking reduces the incidence of wound infections.

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