The main message [is] a word of caution,” Nicolas S. Piuzzi, MD, staff surgeon in the Adult Reconstruction Center at the Cleveland Clinic and director of the Cleveland Clinic Adult Reconstruction Research Group, told Healio. “It does not mean that it’s a causation at all. We’re not claiming that. We’re not saying that cannabis causes this increased risk of complications, but there was an association. At least for the counseling perspective, this is something that we need to be aware of as a field.
