title: Complications resulting from treatment of severe posterior epistaxis.
abstract: Recent advances in nasal endoscopy and arterial embolization have improved the treatment of severe posterior epistaxis. This report reviews the therapeutic options, including a case of epistaxis that did not respond to nasal packing but was successfully controlled with superselective arterial embolization. The discussion includes an outline of potential complications of epistaxis treatment, including a case of nasal septal perforation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bent
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004724:Endoscopy; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008438:Maxillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D016156:Respiratory Tract Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology