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The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Skin-Flap Survival in the Face Lift Patient

1984; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 73; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00006534-198406000-00009

1529-4242

Thomas D. Rees, David M. Liverett, Cary L. Guy,

Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research

Our data demonstrate that a significant number of skin sloughs observed after face lift surgery are due to patients' cigarette smoking. Because an appreciable part of every surgeon's practice consists of smokers, the implications of this study, in terms of patient selection and preoperative counseling, seem considerable.