title: The use of nasal endoscopy to control profuse epistaxis from a fracture of the basi-sphenoid in a seven-year-old child.
abstract: A seven-year-old child sustained a fracture of her basisphenoid resulting in profuse, life-threatening haemorrhage which could not be controlled with a post-nasal pack. The fracture site was identified using rigid endoscopy and packed with oxidized cellulose, resulting in immediate control of the haemorrhage. The use of the nasal endoscope in the management of posterior epistaxis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bateman
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D002648:Child; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D016558:Hemostasis, Endoscopic; D006801:Humans; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed