[Clinical study of treatment of epistaxis of little's area by microwave, anterior nasal packing and trichloroacetic acid cautery].

OBJECTIVE: To study the difference and quality of three different kind of treatment methods for epistaxis of Little's area, such as: microwave, anterior packing of nasal cavity and trichloroacetic acid cautery.

METHOD: The cases were divided into three group. The state of bleeding, reaction of after-treatment and recurrence were recorded and analysed.

RESULT: Comparing with the anterior nasal packing and trichloroacetic acid cautery, the microwave is characteristic by thorough stop-bleeding, light reaction, less recurrence.

CONCLUSION: Microwave is an ideal way to treat epistaxis of Little's area. The patient's reaction is mild and less the clinical effects is obviously better than the anterior packing of nasal cavity and trichloroacetic acid cautery.