Nasal Packing With Strips of Cured Pork as Treatment for Uncontrollable Epistaxis in a Patient With Glanzmann Thrombasthenia.
--Ian Humphreys, DO; Sonal Saraiya, MD; Walter Belenky, MD; James Dworkin, PhD, Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2011;120:732-736.
Results: Cured salted pork crafted as a nasal tampon and packed within the nasal vaults successfully stopped nasal hemorrhage promptly, effectively, and without sequelae. In both applications, the patient had complete cessation of nasal bleeding within 24 hours, and was discharged within 72 hours after treatment.