DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i07.043

Pages: 2514-2519

Smoking of tobacco has been practiced by people all over the world cutting across national and social barriers. The increasing habit of smoking has resulted in a high incidence of tobacco related diseases all over the developing world. Though smoking of tobacco started centuries ago, the health and environmental hazards posed by it was recognized only in 20th century. Objectives of the study are to assess the effect of short-term preoperative smoking intervention on smoking cessation in the postoperative period and to determine the effect of smoking cessation on the incidence of postoperative complications. The present study recruited the male patients admitted in Sree Siddhartha Medical College and Hospital Tumkur for elective abdominal operations. Smokers prior to surgery were counselled for short term preoperative smoking cessation and measured abstinence from smoking in the preoperative and post¬operative period. The maximum number of cases was in the age group of 20-30 years (35%). The youngest patient was 20 years old and oldest was 75 years old. The mean age was 40.04 years ± 14.06 years and the mode was 28 years. A total of 83 cases were studied from November 2008 to September 2010. Maximum cases were in the age group of 20-30 years (35%). The mean age was 40.04 years ± 14.06 years. In the present study 32 (39%) were current smokers, 1 (1%) was recent smoker, 11 (13%) were Ex-smoker and 39 (47%) were non-smokers. After counselling all current smokers were agreed for short term preoperative smoking cessation (2 days prior to surgery till the date of discharge) so all current smokers were considered in the cessation group. Smokers are at greater risk than non-smokers of postoperative complications. Smoking is responsible for broad range of potentially reversible effects that are relevant to postoperative morbidity.