Smoking after tonsillectomy

by G Said 2024 Cited by 69and the proportion of men who stop smoking increases after the age of 45. By contrast, smoking age, weight, smoking, tonsillectomy, and other factors.

Smoking does appear to increase the risk of posttonsillectomy hemorrhage in patients who undergo uvulopalatopharyngoplasty with tonsillectomy

Conclusions: In this study, smoking status, sex, and perioperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug administration were the clinical risk factors for adult post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. Thus, smoking cessation is, at least, mandatory for patients who receive tonsillectomy to avoid post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage.

by MI Goda 2024 Cited by 2The effects of smoking on the rate of postoperative hemorrhage after tonsillectomy and uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024;. 134

11） Demars SM, Harsha WJ, Crawford JV: The Effects of Smoking on the Rate of Postoperative Hemorrhage After Tonsillectomy and Uvulopalatoharyngoplasty.

Does smoking 2 weeks after tonsillectomy cause bleeding? what are the chances of bleeding 2 full weeks after tonsillectomy or later, with and without smoking? what about vaping? or vaping without nicotine?

Admittedly smoking anything after Tonsillectomy will harm the recovery process, but Cannabis does not contain anywhere near the amount of toxic chemicals as cigarettes. In fact it doesn't contain one.

[30][31][32] Smoking may increase the risk for inflammation, infection and impair wound healing after surgery, enhancing the possibility of post-tonsillectomy

Inuzuka et al. found a positive smoking history to be a significant risk factor of PTH on multivariate analysis [2]. Demars et al. demonstrated that smoking increased the risk of post-tonsillectomy bleeding only for patients who underwent concurrent uvulopalatopharyngoplasty with tonsillectomy, for tonsillectomy alone [37]. Our data did not