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- Title
A randomised clinical trial of antiseptic nasal carrier cream and silver nitrate cautery in the treatment of recurrent anterior epistaxis.
- Authors
Murthy, P; Nilssen, E L; Rao, S; McClymont, L G
- Abstract
Sixty-four consecutive patients with a history of recurrent epistaxis were randomly assigned in the outpatient clinic to receive treatment with either Naseptin antiseptic nasal carrier cream alone (Group A) or a combination of Naseptin cream and silver nitrate cautery (Group B). Results were available on 50 patients, 22 in Group A and 28 in Group B. Twenty patients (91%) in Group A and 25 patients (89%) in Group B demonstrated improvement in their symptoms. There was no statistically significant difference in outcome between the two treatment arms (P = 0.7569). On comparing the different age groups (under and over 16 years) in the two treatment arms, once again there was no statistically significant difference in the treatment outcome (P = 1.000). In conclusion, silver nitrate cautery offers no added advantage to the management of simple epistaxis in both children and adults.
- Publication
Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences, 1999, Vol 24, Issue 3, p228
- ISSN
0307-7772
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00236.x