Impact of steroids on recovery after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1941-1946

  Williams, Paul M ^a   Strome, Marshall ^a   Eliachar, Isaac ^a   Lavertu, Pierre ^b   Wood, Benjamin G ^a   Vito, Kenneth J ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Postoperative pain; Postoperative period; Sleep apnea syndromes; Snoring; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0032705961     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199912000-00008     Document Type: Article

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