British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 207-210 , April 2008

Propofol alone and combined with dexamethasone for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in adult Japanese patients having third molars extracted

  • Yoshitaka Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: First Department of Anaesthesiology, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Ohmori-Nishi, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3762 4151; fax: +81 3 3765 8022.
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  • Masahiro Nakayama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan
    • ,
  • Mayu Nakano

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxilofacial Surgery, University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan

,Accepted 21 August 2007.

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☆ No sources of funding were used to assist in the preparation of this manuscript. The author has no conflicts of interest that are relevant to the content of this manuscript.

PII: S0266-4356(07)00407-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.08.005

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 207-210 , April 2008

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