Sandeep1, Preetham Rai2
There is some evidence that smoking accelerates the ageing processes. The cardio-vascular, respiratory and even the musculo-skeletal tissues are affected by these. In addition to the general health risks associated with smoking, research has shown that smokers are also more likely to suffer complications during and following surgery. Some surgeons will not perform surgery on a patient who is a smoker.
The main aim of the study is
1. To find out the complications faced by the smoker who undergoes surgery.
2. To find out whether the statistics of complications increase or decrease with each passing smoke-years.
3. To compare the complications with that of non-smokers.
The study was done on forty patients in KVG Medical College, Sulliya. As the pack years goes on increasing the risk factors also increase in a linear way. The increase in the risk fold doubles after two decades of pack years
