Clinical Outcomes of Adjunctive Corticosteroid Therapy Versus Standard Treatment Alone in Patients With Bacterial Facial Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Clin Exp Dent Res · 2026 · PMC13178280 · PMID 42138606

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The number of surgeries showed a trend toward reduction with steroids (OR = 0.48; 95% CI: 0.17–1.34) across 7 studies (1 RCT, 6 NRS; n = 10,951), but this was not statistically significant, with low certainty.

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