title: [Treatment of epistaxis by radiofrequency].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the therapeutic effect of radiofrequency on epistaxis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three hundred and ten patients with epistaxis were treated with radiofrequency and Nd:YAG laser, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective rate of radiofrequency was 88.8%, Nd:YAG laser 90.5%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapeutic effects of epistaxis by radiofrequency and ND:YAG laser are similar, but radiofrequency is simpleier, easy to perform, more and useful than Nd:YAG laser.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
authors.forename: Q L
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged