Treatment of profuse epistaxis in patients irradiated for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 270-274

  Wong, George K C ^a   Chan, Kin K ^a   Yu, Simon C H ^a   Tsang, Raymond K Y ^a   Poon, Wai S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Embolization; Endovascular treatment; Epistaxis; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947136388     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04032.x     Document Type: Review

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