title: [Radiofrequency treatment of ethmoidal nerve with allergic rhinitis under nasal endoscopy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of radiofrequency treatment of ethmoidal nerve on allergic rhinitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-eight cases of allergic rhinitis were treated with ethmoidal nerve radiofrequency under nasal endoscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It showed marked effectiveness in 73 cases (83.0%), immprovement in 11 cases (12.5%) and failed in 4 cases (4.5%) in one year follow-up. The overall effective rate was 95.5%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This result indicated that it is a choice for treating allergic rhinitis to apply ethmoidal nerve radiofrequency under nasal endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the People's Hospital of Guangxi Autonomus Region, Nanning 530021.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009882:Ophthalmic Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000601:surgery*