[Anterior ethmoidal electrocoagulation in the treatment of vasomotor rhinitis].

The anterior ethmoidal nerve (AEN) contains parasympathetic fibres of sneeze reflex arc, it is possible to obtain improvement of clinical symptoms of vasomotor rhinitis through anterior ethmoidal neurectomy. The authors performed intranasal electrocoagulation of AEN on 30 patients with vasomotor rhinitis and followed up for nine months. The results revealed that the total effective rate was 86%, and the procedure provides a simple, effective and painless method for treating vasomotor rhinitis.