Effects of single-dose steroid usage on edema, ecchymosis, and intraoperative bleeding in rhinoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2213-2218

  Kara, Cüneyt Orhan ^a   Gökalan, Inci ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECCHYMOSIS; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0344806288     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199912000-00041     Document Type: Article

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