Epistaxis
Reports outline epistaxis research from University of Dundee
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 10th, 2008
"The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate post-operative cessation of bleeding and late recurrence of epistaxis in a cohort of patients treated by endoscopic ligation of the sphenopalatine artery. Participants comprised patients undergoing sphenopalatine artery ligation for posterior epistaxis at three east Scotland hospitals," scientists writing in the Journal of Laryngology and Otology report.
"Main outcome measures were recurrence of epistaxis in the immediate post-operative period and at long-term follow up (minimum nine months). Forty-three patients (30 men and 13 women) underwent 45 procedures; two patients underwent bilateral ligation. Two...
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