Research progress on effects of smoking on rotator cuff injury and prognosis
Smoking is one of the risk factors for rotator cuff injury,and affects the repair,healing,and postoperative complications of rotator cuff.This article reviews the existing literatures on the relationship between smoking and rotator cuff injury,the pathological changes and pathogenesis of rotator cuff tendons in smoking patients,and the impact of smoking on surgery,healing,repair,and postoperative complications in patients with rotator cuff injury,so as to provides references for the treatment of smoking patients with rotator cuff injury.