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Stop Smoking in Spine Surgery

Sponsor: Leiden University Medical Center

Summary

Patients that are subjected to a medium complex surgical intervention in neck (posterior) or lumbar spine (posterior) with instrumentation are motivated to stop smoking. The outcome data of patients that stop and that continue smoking will be compared. A group of non smokers is evaluated as a control group. Particularly clinical outcome is evaluated, as well as radiological outcome.

Official title: Evaluation of the Influence of Stop Smoking to the Clinical and Radiological Outcome of Instrumented Neck and Back Surgery

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