Experience in the Surgical Treatment without posterior nasal tamponade of Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma in Guatemala

Retrospective descriptive study of the surgical treatment of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma at the San Juan de Dios General Hospital and the Guatemalan Social Security Institute in the period from January 1995 to December 2017

juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma posterior nasal packing

Authors

  • René Santizo Hospital General de Enfermedades, Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Guatemala, Guatemala. / Unidad de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Hansy Martinez
    jamr.15@hotmail.com
    Hospital General de Enfermedades, Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Abner Ruyan Hospital General de Enfermedades, Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
September 29, 2021
March 3, 2022

ABSTRACT

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a benign neoplasm of the nasopharynx that accounts for 0.5% of all head and neck tumors, occurring in 1 in 150,000 people. Although histologically benign, it often shows aggressi