title: Smoking abstinence. Is it necessary before spinal fusion?
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Whitesides
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Hanley
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Fellrath
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014945:Wound Healing