Silastic Septal Splints in the Management of Refractory Epistaxis in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Avraham Adelman et al. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;15(8):855-857.

doi: 10.1002/alr.23584. Epub 2025 Apr 11.

¹ Division of Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Osler–Weber–Rendu syndrome; epistaxis; hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; nasal closure; septal splint; septodermoplasty; silastic.

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