Letter to the Editor Regarding "The Potential Negative Effects of Smoking on Cervical and Lumbar Surgery Beyond Pseudarthrosis: A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative Study"

World Neurosurg. 2023 Nov:179:248. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.098. Epub 2023 Oct 29.

Authors

Esmaeil Mohammadi¹, Lance M Villeneuve², Zachary A Smith²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Electronic address: Esmaeil-Mohammadi@OUHSC.edu.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

PMID: 38078391
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.098

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
Michigan
Pseudarthrosis* / etiology
Pseudarthrosis* / surgery
Retrospective Studies
Smoking
Spinal Fusion* / adverse effects
Tobacco Smoking
Treatment Outcome