Nasal endoscopy and control of epistaxis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-45

  Stankiewicz, James A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery injury; Endoscopic control; Epistaxis; Osler Weber Rendu disease; Postoperative hemorrhage; Tumor hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; MAXILLARY SINUS; MELANOMA; NOSE CAVITY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; HUMANS; NOSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 1642561599     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200402000-00012     Document Type: Review

References (13)

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6. Snyderman CH, Goldman SA, Carrau RL: Endoscopic sphenopalatine artery ligation is an effective method of treatment posterior epistaxis. Am J Rhinol 1999, 13:137-140. One of several articles by these pioneering authors.
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8. Schwartzbauer HR, Shete M, Tami TA: Endoscopic anatomy of the sphenopalatine and posterior nasal arteries: implications for the endoscopic management of epistaxis. Am J Rhinol 2003, 17:63-66. A very good anatomical exercise identifying the relationship of terminal branches of the sphenopalatine artery in the nose.
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