The impact of prophylactic dexamethasone on nausea and vomiting after thyroidectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in PLoS One on October 16, 2014

Authors

Zhenhong Zou1, Yuming Jiang1, Mingjia Xiao2, Ruiyao Zhou3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
2: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.
3: Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Ruian City, Zhejiang Province, China.

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