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Your Safer-surgery Survival Guide

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General Surgery Residency Alumni

Blake Babcock, MD – Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Loma Linda University, Calif.

Jessica Babcock, MD – Acute Care General Surgery Practice, Loma Linda University, Calif.

Alexander Crean, MD – Colorectal Fellowship, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y.

Ryan Gruner, MD – Breast Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

Lauren McCormack, MD – Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Shari Reid, MD – Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Anesthesia And General Surgery Risks

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If you smoke, you must stop a MINIMUM of two weeks prior to your surgery and remain smoke free for four weeks after surgery. Smoking causes constriction of small blood vessels in the skin which may have a direct negative effect on the body's ability to heal. The tiny vessels that carry blood to the areas of surgery need to be fully functional to insure survival of the skin. You must be aware that if you continue to smoke there will be a reduction of blood flow which will result in slower healing, or even tissue loss. Please notify us at 713-798-6141 or contact us for your doctor's direct line if you are unable to stop smoking completely, or have recently been smoking.

Please be aware that secondhand smoke also causes a delay in healing. Nicotine causes blood vessels to constrict which interferes with the healing process. When blood vessels constrict there is less blood and oxygen supplied to the wound.

Avoid cigarette replacements such as the nicotine patch or nicotine gum or inhaler before and after surgery. These have similar effects as smoking and secondhand smoke. We may test your urine for nicotine. If the test returns positive, we reserve the right to ca

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