Effect of Smoking on the Healing of Tibial Shaft Fractures in a Rural Indian Population

Background Tibial shaft fractures account for 17% of all lower limb fractures. Nonunion and infection rates are estimated to be between 2% and 10%. Bone healing is a complex process that is influenced by biological, mechanical, and systemic factors. Adverse smoking effects on cardiovascular and resp...

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Autores principales: Sanjay, Nandini, Shanthappa, Arun H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9001190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35464511
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23018

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9001190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35464511
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23018

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