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Rescue experience of nasopharyngeal bleeding after recourse radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal cancer

XU Zhenhua,YI Fengtao,SHAO Zhixiong,SHU Jianshan   

  1. Department of Minimal Invasive Therapy for Oncology,Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, PLA, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Received:2012-09-27 Revised:2012-11-06 Online:2013-02-28 Published:2013-02-28

Abstract: Objective To explore the rescue method of nasopharyngeal bleeding after re-course radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal cancer. Methods Nine patients with epistaxis after radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal cancer therapy were retrospectively analyzed. All the patient received pre- and post-nostril packing hemostasis. Results In the course of rescue, 2 cases died due to suffocation and hemorrhagic shock, repectively. Seven cases survived from bilateral carotid artery angiogaphy. Conclusion Filling up pre- and post-nostril with endovascular embolization combination therapy can improve the success rate of epistaxis after nasopharyngeal cancer recourse radiotherapy, and worth promoting.

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