Does Marijuana Smoking Increase the Odds of Surgical Site Infection After Orthopaedic Surgery? A Retrospective Cohort Study

David Ruckle, Alexander Chang, Jose Jesurajan, Bradley Carlson, Matthew Gulbrandsen, R. Casey Rice, M. Daniel Wongworawat

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)571-575
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of orthopaedic trauma
Volume38
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2024

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Keywords

  • cannabis
  • marijuana
  • open reduction internal fixation
  • orthopaedic surgery
  • surgical site infection
  • Open Fracture Reduction
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Male
  • Surgical Wound Infection/epidemiology
  • California/epidemiology
  • Female
  • Marijuana Smoking/adverse effects
  • Adult
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal/adverse effects
  • Fractures, Bone/surgery
  • Cohort Studies

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