The benefits of preoperative smoking cessation on abdominal wall reconstruction outcomes: An examination of abstinent versus never smokers.

Active smoking is related to wound and respiratory complications following abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR), but no AWR studies directly compare outcomes of abstinent-smokers (AS), fulfilling four-weeks of smoking cessation, to non-smokers (NS). Prospectively maintained institutional database was queried for all AWR between 2012 and 2019. AS and NS were included. Primary outcomes were wound and respiratory complications; secondary outcome was recurrence. Standard statistical analyses were performed. Evaluation included 1088 patients, 305 AS and 783 NS. AS had a lower BMI (31.3 vs 32.7 ​kg/m Despite greater patient and hernia complexity, smoking cessation appears to result in similar outcomes to never-smokers in this AWR population.

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest Dr. Kercher received speaking honoraria from WL Gore. Dr. Augenstein received speaking honoraria from Allergan, Pacira and Bard, and is a consultant for Medtronic and Vicarious Surgical. Dr. Heniford received a surgical education grant and honoraria from WL Gore. Drs. Lorenz, Holland, Kerr, Mead, and Mr. Scarola have no disclosures. We did not receive outside funding for this work. Generative AI software was not used in the evaluation of data or drafting of the manuscript.