Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Preoperative smoking cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Pooled result · Quitting smoking by the time of surgeryResult — go to the resultRelative risk 1.64 95% CI 1.30–2.07Study context
- Population
- Smokers undergoing surgery14 studies in meta-analysis
- Participants
- 2,940 smokers
- Comparison
- Preoperative smoking cessation intervention vs usual care
- Outcome
- Smoking cessation
- Follow-up
- Surgical time to the last
Methodological detailsrandom-effects meta-analysis, Moderate quality of evidence due to high risk of bias and heterogeneity
- Random-effects meta-analysis
- Moderate quality of evidence due to high risk of bias and heterogeneity
Pooled result
Quitting smoking by the time of surgery · time of surgery
Relative risk
1.64
95% CI 1.30–2.07
Intervention vs Usual care
RR 1.64 (95% CI 1.30–2.07)
As reported in the abstract
Further pooled results
| Outcome | RR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Smoking cessation at longest follow-up · longest follow-ups | 1.38 (1.12–1.70) | |
| Postoperative complications requiring treatment or ICU admission | 0.81 (0.62–1.06) | |
| 0.512Relative risk (log scale) |
Original publication
Preoperative smoking cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 10 January 2025. doi:10.
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