Vestibular closure with a silastic obturator--an alternative to Young
Volume: 37 - Issue: 3
First page: 131 - Last page: 132
C.J. Lobo - C. Hartley - WT. Farrington
Epistaxis is a common and difficult problem to manage in patients with bleeding disorders. We present a case of recurrent epistaxis in a patient with Bernard-Soulier syndrome (a platelet disorder) and describe a non-invasive but effective method of closing the nasal vestibule using a silastic obturator thus preventing the drying effects of airflow on the nasal mucosa which may precipitate epistaxis in patients with a bleeding diathesis.
Rhinology 37-3: 131-132, 1999
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