Posterior nasal packing and sphenopalatine artery ligation are substantially more invasive techniques, each associated with several serious potential complications, and are reserved for very severe ...

Epistaxis requiring clinical care occurred in 32.97 per 10,000 hypertensive patients, compared with 22.76 per 10,000 matched controls without high BP (adjusted HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.30-1.66), according to ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Laser ablation of the posterior nasal nerve provided durable relief from rhinitis, and use of rhinitis medications decreased substantially, results of a small prospective series showed.

The posterior nasal nerve is the dominant source of the parasympathetic, sympathetic, and sensory fibers that innervate the nasal respiratory mucosa. Therefore, a posterior nasal neurectomy (PNN) is ...

Epistaxis, another term for internal nasal bleeding, can happen to anyone, no matter how old they are. It's a common but urgent issue, and a warning sign that there could be an underlying sickness.

To the Editor: I read with interest the Current Concepts in Therapy article in the October 11, 1962, issue of the Journal by Drs. Pierce and Chasin on the control of epistaxis. Unfortunately, this ...