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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amir Behzad Bagheri, M.D.

Overview

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with epistaxis. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either heavy active bleeding, recurrent epistaxis or non-compliant medical therapy.

Surgery

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with epistaxis. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either heavy active bleeding, recurrent epistaxis or non-compliant medical therapy.[1] [2]


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This page developed and modified according to Epistaxis of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America and Clinical Practice Nosebleed (Epistaxis) Guideline. This guideline was published in the January 2020 issue of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tunkel, David E.; Anne, Samantha; Payne, Spencer C.; Ishman, Stacey L.; Rosenfeld, Richard M.; Abramson, Peter J.; Alikhaani, Jacqueline D.; Benoit, Margo McKenna; Bercovitz, Rachel S.; Brown, Michael D.; Chernobilsky, Boris; Feldstein, David A.; Hackell, Jesse M.; Holbrook, Eric H.; Holdsworth, Sarah M.; Lin, Kenneth W.; Lind, Meredith Merz; Poetker, David M.; Riley, Charles A.; Schneider, John S.; Seidman, Michael D.; Vadlamudi, Venu; Valdez, Tulio A.; Nnacheta, Lorraine C.; Monjur, Taskin M. (2020). "Clinical Practice Guideline: Nosebleed (Epistaxis)". Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. 162 (1_suppl): S1–S38. doi:10.1177/0194599819890327. ISSN 0194-5998.
  2. Krulewitz, Neil Alexander; Fix, Megan Leigh (2019). "Epistaxis". Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 37 (1): 29–39. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2018.09.005. ISSN 0733-8627.
  3. Araujo Filho, Bernardo Cunha; Pinheiro-Neto, Carlos Diógenes; Ramos, Henrique Faria; Voegels, Richard Louis; Sennes, Luiz Ubirajara (2011). "Ligadura endoscópica da artéria etmoidal anterior: estudo de dissecção em cadáveres". Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology. 77 (1): 33–38. doi:10.1590/S1808-86942011000100006. ISSN 1808-8686.

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