Post-Operative Steroids After Sleep Surgery

Minimal research exists on how to treat pain, odynophagia, and dysphagia in sleep surgery patients. One study by Williams et al. evaluated the use of a one-time dose of intravenous or intramuscular dose of steroids versus placebo after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty but did not find a clinically significant difference between the two groups postoperatively. However this study mentioned that their current intervention was too short and that a longer-term steroid intervention could be beneficial. This is the goal of this intervention.