What are the success rates for spinal fusion diskectomy for smokers?

Not as good : Some orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons feel the results in operating on smokers are so poor that they require their patients to quit smoking prior to surgery. Smoking markedly decreases healing rates as well as reducing success rates in general. There are many reasons for people to quit smoking, and in those facing bone surgery, there are even more urgent reasons.

2 different surgery: In general, smoking increases the risks of blood loss and the need for transfusion during lumbar spine surgery. There is evidence that smoking accelerates the degenerative changes in the spine. The fusion rate is significantly lower in smokers. Some studies report non-fusion rates as high as 40% in smokers, compared to 5-10 percent in nonsmokers. You should quit smoking before lumbar fusion.