Kiesselbach plexus

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 17 Nov 2018

Kiesselbach plexus (Kiesselbach area or Little's area) is a vascular region of the anteroinferior nasal septum that comprises four arterial anastomoses:

The importance of this plexus lies in the fact that 90% of epistaxes occur in this area.

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