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M Rogliani1, L Labardi, E Silvi
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Policlinico Casilino, University Tor Vergata, V. Casilina n. 1049, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Cigarette smoke has many detrimental effects on health, with consequences such as cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and tumors. In plastic surgery, these effects appear during the wound healing process. This retrospective study showed wound healing in 57 patients who had undergone abdominal dermolipectomy surgery. The patients were divided into two groups: smokers and nonsmokers. According to the results, smokers face a great complication risk for surgical wounds, which cause aesthetically more undesirable scars than observed in nonsmokers. The authors hypothesize that abstinence from smoking for 4 to 12 weeks before surgery would improve the quality of the scars.
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