Early operative intervention versus conventional treatment in epistaxis: Randomized prospective trial

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-188

  Moshaver, Ali ^a   Harris, Jeffrey Richard ^a,b   Liu, Richard ^a   Diamond, Chris ^a   Seikaly, Hadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Epistaxis; Nasal packing; Randomized clinical trial; Sphenopalatine artery

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SPHENOPALATINE ARTERY LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NOSE SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SPHENOPALATINE ARTERY; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 11244324704     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2004.00185     Document Type: Article

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