Smoking and knees
April 16, 2012
SMOKING has been linked with
higher rates of knee replacement
failures, according to a new study.
The Increased Revision Rates
Following Total Knee Arthroplasty in
Patients Who Smoke study looked
at 621 TKR patients, including 131
smokers (median age 62), and
found that the smoking group had
13 knee replacement failures (10%)
compared to five in the nonsmoking
group (1%).
The medical complication rate
(which included complications such
as DVT, blood clots, anemia, cardiac
problems and acute renal failure)
was also found to be "significantly
higher" in the smoking group, with
21% having a medical complication
compared to 12% of non-smokers.
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