Does steroid medication reduce facial edema following face lift surgery: A prospective, randomized study of 30 consecutive patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Owsley, John Q ^a,b   Weibel, Timothy J ^a   Adams, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDEMA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 0029977528     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199607000-00001     Document Type: Article

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