Topical steroids implicated in postoperative infection following ablative laser resurfacing

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Ortiz, Arisa E ^a   Tingey, Chad ^b   Yu, Y Emily ^b   Ross, E Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DESONIDE; DICLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUOCINONIDE; HYDROCODONE; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABLATIVE LASER RESURFACING; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; COOLING; DEVICES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LASER SURGERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; RHYTIDOPLASTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN AGING; STEROIDS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855926192     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.21152     Document Type: Article

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