title: Embolization as the definitive treatment of epistaxis in the pediatric patient.
abstract: Epistaxis occurs often in children, but these patients are seldom hospitalized. Two cases of intractable epistaxis, which were definitively treated with internal maxillary artery embolization, are presented with an algorithm for management of similar cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Winstead
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ganzel
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008438:Maxillary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome