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[Clinical therapic procedure of obstinate epistaxis]
Dunbing Jian1, Jisheng Xiang, Jianjun Chen
1Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Hospital of Yueyang, Yueyang, 414000, China.
Objective:
To investigate the clinical treatment consideration and the therapic procedure.
Method:
We analyze the clinical data of 171 cases of obstinate epistaxis in recent years, mainly the pathogeny, treatment consideration and therapic procedure.
Result:
Were two steps were selected to the therapeutics according to different causations: step one, using the methods including nasal septum rectification, nasal cavity microwave cauterization, the curative ratio were 87.20%, 91.25% respectively; step two, using the methods including DSA (digital subtraction angiography), ligation of the external carotid artery, arteria ethmoidalis clipping, the curative ratio were 90%, 100%, 100% respectively.
Conclusion:
The thought of taking two steps methods to treat the obstinate epistaxis is very clear, and the curative effect is satisfactory as well.
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