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Addition of dexamethasone to local anesthetics infiltration has been proven to augment postoperative analgesia, prolongs anesthesia time and sometimes reduces the needed dose of local anesthetics and consequently, decreases their side effects and enhances early ambulation and hospital discharge (mainly due to decreased need for opioid use
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Long-term corticosteroids prescribing was associated with many adverse effects, as increased skin pigmentation, lowering immunity (catching opportunistic infections like herpes zoster, candida and cutaneous abscesses or even flaring localized infections), resistant hyperglycemia, renal impairment, hypertension, impaired healing, thinning skin that bruises easily, adrenal gland suppression, facial erythema, stria, acne, mild hirsutism, blurring vision, muscle weakness, glaucoma, cataract, thinning of hair, osteoporosis, and psychiatric disturbances (including mood fluctuations, depression or manic disorders).
Localized infection at site of injection is a known logical absolute contraindication for any injection including corticosteroids due to fearing of flaring of infection. Also, there is no single published article discussing an infection due to corticosteroids injection as an adjuvant to local anesthetics as it is always explained by inadequate aseptic technique performance.
In this study we will search if there is a role for corticosteroids in delaying healing process after orthopedic surgery. And compare the incidence of postoperative infection after surgery.
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1- Open fractures 2. Infected surgery 3. Hypersensitivity to dexamethasone 4. Bad nutritional conditions as Marasmus, Cerebral palsy and Kwashiorkor
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60 participants in 2 patient groups
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Ayman Abou-Galalah, MD; Ahmed Khashaba, MD
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