Outcome of endoscopic sphenopalatine artery occlusion for intractable epistaxis: A 10-year experience

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1452-1456

  Nouraei, S A Reza ^a   Maani, Tareq ^a   Hajioff, Daniel ^a   Saleh, Hesham A ^a   MacKay, Ian S ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Epistaxis; Sphenopalatine artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPHENOPALATINE ARTERY OCCLUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPHENOID SINUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548395414     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318065b86f     Document Type: Article

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