Re: Postoperative nausea and vomiting in facial fracture patients: a randomized and controlled trial on the effect of dexamethasone

We read with great interest the article by Haapanen et al. in a recent issue of the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery1. The authors performed a randomized controlled trial on 119 adult patients with facial fractures undergoing surgery and concluded that patients who had not received dexamethasone (20%) experienced slightly more postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) encounters when compared to those patients who had received dexamethasone (13.6%). The authors should be congratulated for performing a study on an important topic (i.e., postoperative side effects) in patients undergoing surgery2,3.

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