Corticosteroids Reduce Postoperative Morbidity After Third Molar Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1881-1894

  Markiewicz, Michael R ^a   Brady, Mark F ^b   Ding, Eric L ^c   Dodson, Thomas B ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOLAR TOOTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STANDARDIZED MEAN DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRISMUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHTED MEAN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 49549103771     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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