TREATMENT OF EPISTAXIS.
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Endovascular treatment of epistaxis.
Epistaxis is a common condition that can be managed conservatively in most cases. When these measures, including anterior and posterior packing of the nasal cavity, are unsuccessful at controlling the bleeding, interruption of the blood supply to the sinonasal area can be performed, either by surgical ligation or by transarterial embolization. Embolization should be preceded by thorough diagnos...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1873
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)76260-0