Not Signed In - Cigarette Smoking Impedes Tendon-to-bone Healing
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:00 AM EST
... Orthopaedic surgery researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified yet another reason not to smoke. Studying rotator cuff injury in rats, the research team found exposure to nicotine delays tendon-to-bone healing, suggesting this could cause failure of rotator cuff repair following surgery in human patients. ...
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