Intramedullary nailing is the standard of care for tibial shaft fractures. The risk factors infectious and/or mechanical complications, notably non-union, remain incompletely understood. objective this study was to evaluate non-union. Active smoking and an initial open wound are independent complications. We retrospectively included consecutive patients managed or closed fractures by primary in...

Introduction: Elective upper and lower GI endoscopy is usually performed in children on an outpatient basis with the child under sedation or general anesthesia (GA). The objective of this study was to describe Anesthesia related complications in   children undergoing elective GI endoscopy.   Materials and Methods: The study design was descriptive on 1388 patients undergoing elective GI endoscop...

AIM This systematic literature review was performed to investigate if smoking interferes with the prognosis of implants with and without accompanying augmentation procedures compared with non-smokers. METHODS A systematic electronic and handsearch (articles published between 1989 and 2005; English and German language; search terms "dental or oral implants and smoking"; "dental or oral implant...

Many patients with diabetes continue smoking and high-risk drinking during treatment. Some try fail to stop alcohol because of the addictive habitual effects. Considering high lifetime prevalence nicotine use disorders, percentage people who actively treatment services is low. Smoking related increased vascular complications mortality as well development diabetes. A small amount allowed in guid...

Trial: Møller AM, Villebro N, Pedersen T, Tønnesen H. Effect of preoperative smoking intervention on postoperative complications: a randomised clinical trial. Question Can smokers be assisted in giving up smoking before elective surgery and does this reduce complications? Trial details Design: Randomised controlled trial of preoperative smoking intervention in patients undergoing hip and knee r...

Smoking is a major cause of coronary heart disease for both men and women and a positive correlation between tobacco use and cerebrovascular disease has been also described. In addition, cigarette smoking is the most powerful risk factor predisposing to atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease. More recently, passive smoking has been also shown to represent an important risk factor for coronar...

Background Stem cell transplantation has become as a novel treatment  for end-stage kidney, lung, heart , liver diseases and several hematologic disorders. Improved survival of transplant recipients has raised awareness of post-transplant complications. One of these complications is transplant-related osteoporosis. Methods  In this manuscript we review prevention methods for transplant-relat...