Dexamethasone and Respiratory Function After Mastectomy

Summary

Preoperative dexamethasone reduces symptoms after different surgical procedures including mastectomy in breast cancer, but the effect in the postoperative respiratory function remains unknown. The aim of this protocol was to determine if the administration of a single dose of dexamethasone during the preoperative, could improve respiratory function and postoperative symptoms of patients undergoing mastectomy in breast cancer.

Timeline

Start

2014-11

Primary completion

2015-11

Completion

2016-11

Publications

• Jimenez-Tornero J, Cortes-Flores AO, Chavez-Tostado M, Morgan-Villela G, Zuloaga-Fernandez Del Valle C, Zuloaga-Fernandez Del Valle R, Garcia-Gonzalez LA, Fernandez-Avalos VS, Miranda-Ackerman RC, Alvarez-Villasenor AS, Ambriz-Gonzalez G, Barbosa-Camacho FJ, Fuentes-Orozco C, Contreras-Cordero VS, Gonzalez-Ojeda A. Effect of a preoperative single-dose steroid on pulmonary function and postoperative symptoms after modified radical mastectomy: results of a randomized clinical trial. Gland Surg. 2020 Oct;9(5):1313-1327. doi: 10.21037/gs-20-366.

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