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To comprehensively evaluate the biochemical and clinical mechanisms through which smoking impairs spinal fusion healing and identify strategies to reduce adverse patient outcomes.

January 1, 2017The International Journal of Spine SurgeryOpen Access

The Effect of Smoking on Spinal Fusion

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DBDaniel BermanMontefiore Medical Center JOJonathan H. OrenLenox Hill Hospital JBJohn A. BendoNYU Langone Health

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Literature review reveals increased pseudoarthrosis and surgical complications among smokers undergoing spinal fusion, indicating a critical need for cessation and biologic interventions.

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To comprehensively evaluate the biochemical and clinical mechanisms through which smoking impairs spinal fusion healing and identify strategies to reduce adverse patient outcomes.
Retrospective literature review conducted using the NCBI database across basic biochemistry, in vivo animal research, and human clinical trials.
Evaluated outcomes including fusion success, pseudoarthrosis rates, and perioperative complications across cervical and lumbar procedures.
Smoking significantly increases the incidence of pseudoarthrosis (nonunion) in both lumbar and cervical spinal fusion surgeries.
Cigarette use elevates risks for additional perioperative complications, notably surgical site infections, adjacent-segment pathology, and postoperative dysphagia.
Smoking cessation for a minimum of four weeks postoperatively and surgical adjuncts like bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) mitigate smoking-related nonunion.

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Berman et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87bd8270098fa105bb53ba https://doi.org/10.14444/4029

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Literature review reveals increased pseudoarthrosis and surgical complications among smokers undergoing spinal fusion, indicating a critical need for cessation and biologic interventions.

The Effect of Smoking on Spinal Fusion

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The Effect of Smoking on Spinal Fusion

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