Endoscopic ligation of the sphenopalatine artery and the maxillary artery for the treatment of intractable posterior epistaxis

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-199

  Seno, Satoshi ^a   Arikata, Masahiko ^a   Sakurai, Hironori ^a   Owaki, Shigehiro ^a   Fukui, Jun ^a   Suzuki, Mikio ^b   Shimizu, Takeshi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Embolization; Endoscopic ligation; Maxillary artery; Nasal packing; Posterior epistaxis; Spheno palatine artery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; EVALUATION; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650293240     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3294     Document Type: Article

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