A critical audit of the surgical management of intractable epistaxis using sphenopalatine artery ligation/diathermy

Rhinology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-149

  Rockey, Jason G ^a   Anand, R ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artery; Epistaxis; Ligation; Sphenopalatine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; DIATHERMY; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; DIATHERMY; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, HARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036735963     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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