Smoking and plastic surgery, part II. Clinical implications: A systematic review with meta-analysis

Tobacco addiction is a risk factor for complication in plastic surgery. The authors have assembled concrete arguments detailing the risks of perioperative and postoperative complication that are incurred by a patient with continued tobacco intoxication who wishes to undergo a surgical intervention.Through application of the PRISMA criteria, we have carried out a systematic review of the literature, in which we explored five databases while using...