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Rahmanian-Schwarz A, Gonser P, Willkomm L, et al. Dermal perfusion of common donor sites free flaps in chronic smokers and nonsmokers. Eplasty. 2011;11:e52
Rahmanian-Schwarz, A., Gonser, P., Willkomm, L., Amr, A., Held, M., Schaller, H. E., & Bernhard, H. (2011). Dermal perfusion of common donor sites free flaps in chronic smokers and nonsmokers. Eplasty, 11e52.
Rahmanian-Schwarz, Afshin, et al. "Dermal perfusion of common donor sites free flaps in chronic smokers and nonsmokers." Eplasty vol. 11 (2011): e52.
Rahmanian-Schwarz A, Gonser P, Willkomm L, Amr A, Held M, Schaller HE, Bernhard H. Dermal perfusion of common donor sites free flaps in chronic smokers and nonsmokers. Eplasty. 2011;11:e52. Epub 2011 Dec 19. PMID: 22220217; PMCID: PMC3243457.
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Eplasty. 2011;11:e52. Epub 2011 Dec 19.

Dermal perfusion of common donor sites free flaps in chronic smokers and nonsmokers.

Eplasty

Afshin Rahmanian-Schwarz, Phillipp Gonser, Lina Willkomm, Amro Amr, Manuel Held, Hans-Eberhard Schaller, Hirt Bernhard

Affiliations

  1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, BG-Trauma Center, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany.

PMID: 22220217 PMCID: PMC3243457

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The smoking behavior of the patient influences the indication of plastic surgeon in his reconstruction procedure on the assumption that smoking may increase the complication risks. In the present study, we evaluate the particular aspect of topographic differences in dermal perfusion in chronic smokers and nonsmokers.

METHODS: The perfusion parameter of 8 common donor sites for free flap transplantation were investigated in 152 smoking and nonsmoking subjects (n = 152; women: n = 78, 51%; men: n = 74, 49%; smokers: n = 38, 25%; nonsmokers: n = 114, 75%) using the O2C device (LAE Medizintechnik Giessen GmbH, Gießen, Germany). Oxygen saturation (%), relative hemoglobin concentration (AU [arbitrary unit]), Velocity (AU) and Flow (AU) were monitored noninvasively and compared.

RESULTS: All monitored regions did not show any significant differences in parameters oxygen saturation (smokers = 40%, nonsmokers = 44.5%), relative hemoglobin concentration (smokers = 60 AU, nonsmokers = 60 AU), flow (smokers = 19.5 AU, nonsmokers = 16.5 AU) and velocity (smokers = 10 AU, nonsmokers = 10 AU) between chronic smoking and nonsmoking subjects (P < .05). Also, a distinction between smokers and nonsmokers as a function of gender (women: n = 78, 51%; men: n = 74, 49%) showed no significant differences in all 4 parameters.

CONCLUSIONS: Varied statements regarding surgical complications in chronic and acute smokers were described in the literature. This raises the question of how far restricting the indication of reconstruction procedure for smoking patients due to higher complications is justified. In our study, there is no significant drop of dermal perfusion parameters after chronic tobacco consumption. Nonetheless, the unfavorable effects of smoking in general to human body and health remain undoubted.

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