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Smoking may slow healing after cesarean.(Obstetrics)(risk factors)(Brief article)

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| June 15, 2006 | Splete, Heidi | COPYRIGHT 2006 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WASHINGTON -- Data from 597 cesarean sections suggest that smoking may slow wound healing, Dr. Cecilia Avila reported in a poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Both smoking and chorioamnionitis were significantly associated with wound complications in 20 cases of infection and 10 cases of hematoma that were identified in a case-control review of patients who had cesarean sections during a 7-year period.

Overall, wound complications were about three times more likely in smokers, wrote Dr. Avila of Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital.

About 47% of the patients with wound complications were smokers, compared with 28% of the patients without wound complications.

In addition, chorioamnionitis was about five times more common in patients with wound complications, compared ...

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