The Profile of a Smoker and Its Impact on Outcomes After Cervical Spine Surgery

Neurosurgery. 2016 Aug:63 Suppl 1:96-101. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001284.

Authors

Raul A Vasquez¹, Silky Chotai², Joseph B Wick², David P Stonko², Joseph S Cheng³, Mohamad Bydon⁴, Anthony L Asher⁵, Matthew J McGirt⁵, Clinton J Devin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
² Department of Orthopedic and Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, Charlotte, North Carolina.

PMID: 27399373
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001284

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cervical Vertebrae / surgery
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Smokers / statistics & numerical data*
Smoking / adverse effects*
Spinal Diseases / surgery*
Treatment Outcome*