Effect of smoking, abstention, and nicotine patch on epidermal healing and collagenase in skin transudate
Abstract
Delayed wound healing may explain postoperative tissue and wound dehiscence in smokers, but the effects of smoking and smoking cessation on the cellular mechanisms remain unclear. Suction blisters were raised in 48 smokers and 30 never smokers. The fluid was retrieved and the epidermal roof was excised. Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) was measured after 2, 4, and 7 days. Then, the smokers were randomized to continuous smoking or abstinence with...
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Title
Effect of smoking, abstention, and nicotine patch on epidermal healing and collagenase in skin transudate
Published Date
May 1, 2009
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
347 - 353
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