Abstract Background Severe epistaxis is one of the most common emergencies in rhinology practices. The commonly used endoscopic cauterization sphenopalatine artery (SPA), alone or with anterior ethmoidal (AEA), has a high success rate for controlling severe epistaxis. current study was conducted to evaluate intra-operative variations SPA between and non-epistaxis cases. Forty consecutive patien...

OBJECTIVE To present our experience of endoscopic electrocoagulation of sphenopalatine artery for persistent posterior epistaxis despite conservative measures. METHODS Seven endoscopic electrocoagulation of sphenopalatine artery was done for four patients from early 2001 till the present for recalcitrant epistaxis despite conservative treatment. The basic principle of this surgical method is ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic ligation of the sphenopalatine artery in the treatment of severe posterior epistaxis. METHODS We have carried out a retrospective study on 50 patients hospitalised with posterior recurrent epistaxis, in whom posterior nasal packing was not effective. All of them underwent surgical treatment, with endoscopic ligation o...

BACKGROUND Transnasal endoscopic sphenopalatine artery ligation is becoming the procedure of choice for surgical management of intractable posterior epistaxis. Landmarks for localization of the sphenopalatine foramen can assist in rapid surgical exposure of the sphenopalatine artery. OBJECTIVE This study examined distances from easily identified endoscopic surgical landmarks to the sphenopala...

We describe our experience with endoscopic ligation of the sphenopalatine artery in the treatment of severe posterior epistaxis in 2 patients with coagulopathy. Conservative treatment had failed in both cases. The key elements of this procedure are the identification of the branches of the sphenopalatine artery via an endoscopic endonasal approach and the application of two titanium clips under...