Wound complications with dexamethasone for postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis: a moot point?

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Editorial

Shariq Ali Khan et al. Anesth Analg. 2013 May.

. 2013 May;116(5):966-968.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31828a73de.

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.

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The impact of postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis with dexamethasone on postoperative wound complications in patients undergoing laparotomy for endometrial cancer.
Bolac CS, Wallace AH, Broadwater G, Havrilesky LJ, Habib AS. Bolac CS, et al. Anesth Analg. 2013 May;116(5):1041-1047. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318276cf58. Epub 2013 Jan 21. Anesth Analg. 2013. PMID: 23337415

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