Update on epistaxis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-183

  Douglas, Richard ^a   Wormald, Peter John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cautery; Epistaxis; Ligation; Packing; Sphenopalatine artery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; COCAINE; NEOMYCIN PLUS CHLORHEXIDINE; PETROLATUM; SILVER NITRATE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAUTERIZATION; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; GAUZE DRESSING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAXILLARY ARTERY; NOSE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHENOPALATINE ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TURBINATE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN LIGATION;

ARTERIES; CAUTERY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPISTAXIS; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; LIGATION; NOSE; PALATE; TAMPONS, SURGICAL;

EID: 34247869772     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32814b06ed     Document Type: Review

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