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Vestibular closure with a silastic obturator--an alternative to Young's procedure in bleeding diathesis
C J Lobo1, C Hartley, W T Farrington
1University Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Rhinology
|November 24, 1999
Abstract:
Epistaxis is a common and difficult problem to manage in patients with bleeding disorders. We present a case of recurrent epistaxis in a patient with Bernard-Soulier syndrome (a platelet disorder) and describe a non-invasive but effective method of closing the nasal vestibule using a silastic obturator thus preventing the drying effects of airflow on the nasal mucosa which may precipitate epistaxis in patients with a bleeding diathesis.