Title

Prospective study on smoking and postoperative complications in breast reconstruction surgery

Authors

Shreyanshi Satyambhai Vijakar¹, Vishal Mruthyunjaya Kalmani², Mansoor Thekkinithethil³, Loisen Nathan Daniel⁴,* & Sailesh IS Kumar⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Pathology, Narendra Modi medical college, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; ²Department of Emergency Medicine, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Essex, United Kingdom; ³Department of Trauma and Orthopedics, Junior Clinical Fellow Trauma and Orthopaedics, Swansea Bay University Health Board JCF in T & O, United Kingdom; ⁴Department of Emergency Medicine/intensive care/general medicine, Best Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁵Department of Surgery, Madras Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Shreyanshi Satyambhai Vijakar - E-mail: shreyanshivijakar@gmail.com; Phone: +91 97262 00706
Vishal Mruthyunjaya Kalmani - E-mail: vishal.kalmani@nhs.net; Phone: +447405881521
Mansoor Thekkinithethil - E-mail: mansoor00100@gmail.com; Phone: +918904638941
Loisen Nathan Daniel - E-mail: isn.dnl@gmail.com; Phone: +91 86670 98606
Sailesh I S Kumar - E-mail: sailesh.isk@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9486813072

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2025; Revised September 30, 2025; Accepted September 30, 2025, Published September 30, 2025

Abstract

The impact of smoking on postoperative complications in 125 women undergoing breast reconstruction surgery is of interest. Hence, patients were stratified into current smokers, former smokers, and non-smokers and followed for 30 days postoperatively. Current smokers had significantly higher rates of wound dehiscence, infection, and flap necrosis compared to non-smokers. Former smokers showed intermediate complication rates. Thus, we show the critical need for smoking cessation strategies prior to reconstructive breast surgery.

Keywords

Smoking, breast reconstruction, postoperative complications, wound healing, flap necrosis, prospective study

Citation

Vijakar et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3071-3075 (2025)

Edited by

A Prashanth

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.