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2. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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   Patients undergoing elective surgery may get benefits of preoperative smoking cessation interventions, when starting 4–8 weeks before surgery with weekly counseling for behavioral support and use of nicotine replacement therapy. [170] It is found to reduce the complications and the number of postoperative morbidity. [170]

3. Preoperative care - Wikipedia

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   Smoking cessation before surgery is likely to reduce the risk of complications from surgery. [ 13 ] In circumstances in which a person's doctor advises them to avoid drinking alcohol before and after the surgery, but in which the person seems likely to drink anyway, intense interventions which direct a person to quit using alcohol have been ...

4. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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   Smoking most commonly leads to diseases affecting the heart and lungs and will commonly affect areas such as hands or feet. First signs of smoking-related health issues often show up as numbness in the extremities, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and cancer, particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and ...

5. Smoking and Health - Wikipedia

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   The health effects of tobacco had been debated by users, medical experts, and governments alike since its introduction to European culture. [1] Hard evidence for the ill effects of smoking became apparent with the results of several long-term studies conducted in the early to middle twentieth century, such as the epidemiology studies of Richard Doll and pathology studies of Oscar Auerbach.

6. Postoperative wounds - Wikipedia

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   Those anticipating surgery can reduce their risk of complications by stopping smoking thirty days prior to surgery. The patient's skin can be evaluated for the presence of Staphylococcus aureus prior to surgery since this bacterium causes wound infections in postoperative wounds. Treating any other infections prior to surgery also reduces the ...

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8. Surgical smoke - Wikipedia

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   Heat generated during surgery causes cell membranes to heat and rupture, releasing cellular debris alongside water vapor. [3] Surgical smoke is composed of 95% water and the remaining 5% contains byproducts of combustion and cellular debris. [3] The negative health effects due to exposure of surgical smoke is attributed to what is contained in ...

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