Bilateral transnasal cauterization of the vidian nerve in vasomotor rhinitis.
A brief report of twenty cases of bilateral cauterization of the Vidian Nerve Canals in intractable non-atopic chronic Vasomotor Rhinitis by a Trans-Nasal approach not previously described is given. The authors find this approach to be a much safer and simpler procedure than either the Trans-Septal or the Trans-Antral routes. The advantages of this approach to the Vidian Nerve Canal over the Trans-Septal and Trans-Antral routes are discussed.
D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D002425:Cautery; D003714:Denervation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009300:Nasal Septum; D009666:Nose / Q000294:innervation*; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000601:surgery*