title: [Clinical study of treatment of epistaxis of little's area by microwave, anterior nasal packing and trichloroacetic acid cautery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the difference and quality of three different kind of treatment methods for epistaxis of Little's area, such as: microwave, anterior packing of nasal cavity and trichloroacetic acid cautery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cases were divided into three group. The state of bleeding, reaction of after-treatment and recurrence were recorded and analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Comparing with the anterior nasal packing and trichloroacetic acid cautery, the microwave is characteristic by thorough stop-bleeding, light reaction, less recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Microwave is an ideal way to treat epistaxis of Little's area. The patient's reaction is mild and less the clinical effects is obviously better than the anterior packing of nasal cavity and trichloroacetic acid cautery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518020.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002425:Cautery; D002648:Child; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014238:Trichloroacetic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014238:Trichloroacetic Acid