Outcomes of recalcitrant idiopathic epistaxis in children: Septoplasty as a surgical treatment.
Our objective was to measure short- and long-term outcomes of children presenting with recalcitrant idiopathic epistaxis. The study was an 11-year (2000-2011) retrospective chart review of children evaluated and treated for epistaxis. A retrospective review of patients with diagnostic International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision code 784.7 (epistaxis) and 21.5/21.88 (septoplasty) was completed reviewing age at presentation, type of surgery, and number of bleeding events prior to and after surgery. In our cohort, almost 100% of children with idiopathic recurrent epistaxis responded to topical treatments. About 0.2% were refractory (20/9239), and 90% of those (18/20) resolved with either a traditional septoplasty (14/20) or modified septoplasty (6/20) without cartilage excision, with a mean follow-up of 35 months. One of the patients who did not show resolution was found to have Von Willebrand disease, which likely contributed to this outcome. Septoplasty surgery, with or without cartilage removal, appears beneficial for refractory idiopathic epistaxis in children.



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Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.|Boston University, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Jessica M
JM
Levi
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.|Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Katherine M
KM
McKee-Cole
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.|Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Patrick C
PC
Barth
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.|Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Robert M
RM
Brody
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.|Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
James S
JS
Reilly
D000293:Adolescent; D002425:Cautery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055171:Nasal Cartilages / Q000601:surgery; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Epistaxis; septoplasty