The effect of preoperative smoking cessation and smoking dose on postoperative complications following radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a retrospective study of 2469 patients

The effect of preoperative smoking cessation and smoking dose on postoperative complications following radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a retrospective study of 2469 patients

Abstract Background To investigate whether smoking adversely affects the short-term outcomes and the potential effects of cigarette dose and preoperative smoking cessation, in patients who underwent gastric cancer (GC) surgery. Methods Two thousand, four hundred sixty-nine consecutive patients who u...

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Main Authors: Hu Quan, Linda Ouyang, Huijun Zhou, Yongzhong Ouyang, Hua Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Gastrectomy
Postoperative complication
Cigarette smoking
Smoking cessation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-019-1607-7

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