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To evaluate the role and efficacy of the nasal endoscopy for posterior epistaxis. Prospective study. It was conducted during the period from January 2009 to May 2013. Al-Madinah Poly-Clinic in Al-Mukalla city of Yemen. Fifteen [15] patients with posterior epistaxis were subjected to management by nasal endoscopy. Eleven [11] patients were managed successfully be nasal endoscopic cauterization, while 3 patients were failed and managed by anterio-posterior nasal packing and one patient was managed by ligation of sphenopalatinal artery. All cauterizations were done under general anaesthesia by o and 30 4mm nasal endoscopy, suction cautery and 22 gauge spinal needle. Data collected and analyzed. The most affected age groups were 51-60 and >60 years and female more affected. The most causes for posterior epitaxis were arteriosclerosis and hypertension [40%]. The most applied treatment was cauterization [73.33%]. The nasal endoscopic cauterization is recommended as the first line of the management for posterior epistaxis in order to avoid the possible, dangerous complications of nasal packing and to find the underlying pathology