Objective: To determine the effectiveness of therapeutic embolization in the treatment of
intractable epistaxis. Design: Cohort. Setting: Tertiary care hospital. Patients: Consecutive …

Ninety‐seven patients were referred to the Toronto Hospital (Western Division) between
January 1984 and January 1992 for selective angiograpic embolization (108 embolizations …

To evaluate outcomes of intractable epistaxis managed with arterial embolisation. Fourteen
sequential cases of intractable epistaxis that underwent embolisation in our centre were …

scaramuzzi n., walsh rm, brennan p. &walsh m.(2001) Clin. Otolaryngol. 26, 307–309
Treatment of intractable epistaxis using arterial embolization Arterial embolization has …

OBJECTIVES: Treatment of severe epistaxis can encompass many modalities. Control rates
with all treatments are good. Morbidity among treatment groups varies. Angiographic …

Angiography with selective embolization has become an accepted method of treating
posterior epistaxis that is not controlled with conservative measures. The authors reviewed …

Conclusions. In skilled hands, selective embolization is a safe procedure and represents an
effective treatment for prolonged epistaxis. Embolization therapy can be repeated if …

Epistaxis is a common and in most cases benign event. Severe or recurrent epistaxis,
however, can present therapeutic problems. Forty‐five cases of supraselective embolization …

Thirty patients with intractable idiopathic epistaxis were treated with endovascular therapy.
Embolization of the internal maxillary artery controlled the epistaxis in 87% of the patients …

• Thirty-one patients with posterior epistaxis refractory to nasal packing alone or in
combination with surgical ligation (n= 8) underwent diagnostic angiography and therapeutic …