Therapeutic Percutaneous Embolization in Intractable Epistaxis

Authors :: Daniel McDonald
Folke J. Brahme
Lawrence E. Goldberger
Thomas G. Goergen
Ingmar Wickbom
Joel Sokoloff
Source :: Radiology. 111:285-287
Publication Year :: 1974
Publisher :: Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 1974.
Abstract: Two cases of intractable epistaxis are reported in which angiographic demonstration of the bleeding site was followed by successful therapeutic embolization with Gelfoam particles. The particles were inserted through the catheter as near the bleeding site as possible, and cessation of bleeding was immediate