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Vol. 62. Issue 3.
Pages 194-198 (May - June 2011)
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Vol. 62. Issue 3.
Pages 194-198 (May - June 2011)
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Ligation of the Sphenopalatine Artery in Posterior Epistaxis. Retrospective Study of 50 Patients
Ligadura de la arteria esfenopalatina en la epistaxis recidivante posterior. Estudio retrospectivo de 50 pacientes
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Beatriz Agreda
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, Ángel Urpegui, José Ignacio Alfonso, Héctor Valles
Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
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Objectives

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic ligation of the sphenopalatine artery in the treatment of severe posterior epistaxis.

Methods

We have carried out a retrospective study on 50 patients hospitalised with posterior recurrent epistaxis, in whom posterior nasal packing was not effective. All of them underwent surgical treatment, with endoscopic ligation of the sphenopalatine artery to control the epistaxis.

Results

Only seven patients had a new epistaxis after surgery. One of them is being studied for some kind of coagulopathy, another patient was controlled by ligation of the anterior ethmoidal artery and it was necessary to ligate the contralateral sphenopalatine artery in a third patient. The other four patients were controlled with posterior nasal packing and discharged two days after surgery, without any complications.

Conclusions

We believe that endoscopic ligation of the sphenopalatine artery is a safe technique, with fewer complications than other methods such as posterior packing or embolization.

Keywords:
Sphenopalatine artery
Endoscopic ligation
Posterior epistaxis
Nasal endoscopy
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Objetivos

Queremos estudiar la efectividad y las ventajas de la ligadura de la arteria esfenopalatina en el tratamiento de la epistaxis recurrente posterior.

Métodos

Hemos realizado un estudio retrospectivo sobre un total de 50 pacientes ingresados en nuestro servicio por epistaxis recidivante posterior en los que el taponamiento nasal posterior resultó ineficaz. A todos ellos se les realizó la ligadura endoscópica de la arteria esfenopalatina para controlar dicha hemorragia.

Resultados

De todos los pacientes intervenidos, sólo 7 presentaron recidiva de la epistaxis. Uno de ellos fue resuelto ligando la arteria etmoidal anterior; otro ligando, asimismo, la arteria esfenopalatina contralateral; otro se encuentra en estudio por una alteración de la coagulación no filiada, ya que se le han ligado las arterias esfenopalatina, etmoidal anterior y etmoidal posterior homolaterales, y las epistaxis persisten; y los 4 restantes se controlaron con un taponamiento nasal anteroposterior. El resto de pacientes fue dado de alta a los 2 días de la intervención, sin recidiva ni otras complicaciones relacionadas con la intervención.

Conclusiones

Creemos que la ligadura endoscópica de la arteria esfenopalatina es una técnica segura, con escasos efectos secundarios, que minimiza las molestias y complicaciones de otros métodos como el taponamiento nasal o la embolización arterial.

Palabras clave:
Arteria esfenopalatina
Ligadura endoscópica
Epistaxis posterior
Endoscopia nasal

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