Cholecystectomy and Wound Complications: Smoking Worsens Risk
Selvarajah S, Ahmed A, Schneider E, Canner J, Pawlik T, Abularrage C, Hui X, Schwartz D, Hisam B, Haider A. Cholecystectomy and Wound Complications: Smoking Worsens Risk. Journal Of Surgical Research 2014, 192: 41-49. PMID: 25015752, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWound complicationsActive smokersLaparoscopic cholecystectomyPostoperative lengthSurgical approachNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseCurrent Procedural Terminology codesImprovement Program databaseWound complication rateAverage postoperative lengthBenign gallbladder diseaseProcedural Terminology codesPreoperative smokingClinical characteristicsOpen cholecystectomyComplication rateSmoking statusGallbladder diseaseProgram databaseCholecystectomyTerminology codesComplicationsSmokersPatients