Massive epistaxis associated to trauma treated with selective embolization. Report of one case

We report a 23 years old male admitted to the hospital after a fall from a great altitude with severe trauma. During the second week of hospitalizatio n be presented a severe nosebleed that did not respond to conventional tamp onade. A selective angiography was performed and the branches of the intern al maxillary artery were embolized in two occasions, stopping the bleeding. The patient was discharged from the hospital after 71 days of hospitalizat ion.