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Is vidian neurectomy worthwhile?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. B. Ogale ,
Ajay Shah ,
S. C. Rao  and
K. I. Shah
S. B. Ogale*
Affiliation:
Bombay, India
Ajay Shah
Affiliation:
Bombay, India
S. C. Rao
Affiliation:
Bombay, India
K. I. Shah
Affiliation:
Bombay, India
*
Dr. S. B. Ogale, Flat No. 3, Old C. O.-Quarter II, K. E. M. Hospital, Bombay, 400012India.
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Abstract

Vasomotor rhinitis is a frustrating experience both for the consultant and for the patient. The purpose of vidian neurectomy is to destroy the secretomotor nerve supply to the nasal mucosa, the main indication being severe intractable non-atopic casomotor rhinitis.

A review of 208 cases which have undergone transnasal vidian neurectomy by diathermy coagulation in the last five years is presented.

The operation has proved worthwhile, the patients remaining symptom-free in 92 per cent of cases (longest follow-up 5 years). There have been on complications

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 62 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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References

Patel, K. H. and Gaikwad, G. A. (1975) Bilateral Transnasal Cauterization of the Vidian Nerve in Vasomotor Rhinitis. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 89: 1291–1296.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed