Resumen
We report a 23 years old male admitted to the hospital after a fall from a great altitude with severe trauma. During the second week of hospitalization be presented a severe nosebleed that did not respond to conventional tamponade. A selective angiography was performed and the branches of the internal maxillary artery were embolized in two occasions, stopping the bleeding. The patient was discharged from the hospital after 71 days of hospitalization.
Idioma original | Inglés estadounidense |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 1236-1239 |
Número de páginas | 4 |
Publicación | Revista Medica de Chile |
Volumen | 127 |
N.º | 10 |
Estado | Publicada - 1 oct 1999 |
Palabras clave
- Angiography
- Closed
- Embolization Therapeutic
- Head Injuries
- Nose Diseases