Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 9 , Pages 1884-1888, September 2009

Does Perioperative Glucocorticosteroid Treatment Correlate With Disturbance in Surgical Wound Healing After Treatment of Facial Fractures? A Retrospective Study

  • Hanna Thorén, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Consultant and Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland; and Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Thorén: Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Ch-3010, Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Johanna Snäll, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Eeva Kormi, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Laura Numminen, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Investigator, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Reto Fäh, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Investigator, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Tateyuki Iizuka, MD, DDS, PhD, FEBOMFS

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Head, and Chair, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Christian Lindqvist, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Head, and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Jyrki Törnwall, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Consultant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dentistry, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

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PII: S0278-2391(09)00593-X

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2009.04.089

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 9 , Pages 1884-1888, September 2009

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