Short-stay cleft palate surgery with intraoperative dexamethasone and Marcaine

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-247

  Bateman, Michael C ^a   Conejero, J Alejandro ^a   Mooney, Eric K ^a   Rothkopf, Douglas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Cleft palate repair; Dexamethasone; Short stay surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; FEEDING; HARD PALATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PALATOPLASTY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRISMUS; Z PLASTY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748275880     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000221468.54751.09     Document Type: Article

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