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Refractory Recurrent Epistaxis
One of the most common Otorhinolaryngology emergency is epistaxis1. Epistaxis is defined as the bleeding from inside of the nasal cavity. In severe case, the patients can even require hospital admission1. These hospital admissions are only around 6% of the total epistaxis cases2. Most commonly hospitalization is required in the refractory recurrent epistaxis in which surgical intervention is the only treatment

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