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Background We retrospectively reviewed charts of 42 postbariatric patients who underwent mastopexy and breast reduction for body contouring to determine whether a significant relationship existed between cigarette smoking and postoperative wound infections and to determine the relative risk given by cigarettes and a cut-off value to predict infections. Methods We excluded patients with ongoing clinical...
Background In this prospective study, we followed patients after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity who underwent abdominoplasty for body contouring. Our purposes were: 1) to determine if a significant relationship between cigarette smoking and postoperative wound infections existed, 2) the relative risk conferred by cigarettes and 3) a cut-off value for the increased risk...
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