BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Epistaxis is one of the common symptoms encountered in the Otorhinolaryngology department. Many times the cause for epistaxis is not found on anterior and posterior rhinoscopy. The present study was undertaken to assess the role of rigid nasal endoscope in the diagnosis and treatment of epistaxis, where normal anterior and posterior rhinoscopy did not reveal any specif...

need for hospital admission and and success rate patients was 38.30±23.69 years. Trauma was the of treatment modalities of epistaxis. commonest (46.9%) cause followed by Methodology: This study was conducted at hypertension (26.9%). Anterior epistaxis was Department of ENT, Mufti Mehmood Memorial commoner (61.45%) than posterior (20.75%). Teaching Hospital, D.I. Khan, Pakistan from Silver Nitra...

Epistaxis is commonly encountered in otorhinolaryngologic practice. However, severe and recurrent epistaxis is rarely seen, especially that originating from a pseudoaneurysm of the intracavernous internal carotid artery (ICA). We herein present the case of a 32-year-old man who was involved in a motor vehicle accident and subsequently developed recurrent episodes of profuse epistaxis for the ne...

Epistaxis is defined as bleeding from the nose. It is one of the most common rhinological emergencies, making the management of posterior epistaxis a challenging problem for ENT surgeons. Conventional management options in form of chemical cauterisation, anterior nasal packing and posterior nasal packing, are not so much effective and satisfactory. Objective: The objective of this study was to ...

Epistaxis is one of the most frequently encountered emergencies reported to occur in up to 60% of the general population. It has a bimodal age presentation with incidence peaks in below 25 years and above 50 years of age and affects males twice more than females. The Kiesselbach’s plexus is responsible for most anterior epistaxis accounting for 85 to 95%, but easy to identify and treat. Posteri...

UNLABELLED Epistaxis is one of the most prevalent emergencies in ENT practice, and its surgical treatment is part of the routine at services for emergency care, especially in cases refractory to clinical procedures. OBJECTIVE To analyze the profile of patients and the results this service has had in the surgical treatment of epistaxis for the last 11 years. METHOD Data from 98 patients subm...