Journal article
Superselective embolization for intractable epistaxis: experiences with 19 patients.
- Wehrli M Department of ENT, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
- Lieberherr U
- Valavanis A
- 1988-12-01
Published in:
- Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences. - 1988
Adult
Aged
Angiography
Embolization, Therapeutic
Epistaxis
Female
Humans
Male
Maxillary Artery
Middle Aged
Radiographic Image Enhancement
English
Twenty-eight patients with intractable nose-bleeds were treated with either superselective embolization and/or surgery between 1983 and 1986. The follow-up time ranged between 6 months and 3 years. The results for the 2 groups were similar. The success rate for embolization was 74% and that for surgery 65%. Complications however, were more frequent after embolization, (i.e. facial nerve paralysis, soft tissue necrosis). Surgery is recommended as the treatment of choice in intractable nose-bleeds, until therapeutic embolization techniques have been further refined and the complication rate reduced.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1988.tb00314.x
- PMID 3228986
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/262678
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