Endolacrimal KTP Laser–Assisted Dacryocystorhinostomy

Clinical outcome of endonasal KTP laser assisted dacryocystorhinostomy

BACKGROUND To evaluate the clinical outcome of primary endonasal laser assisted dacryocystorhinostomy (ENL-DCR) using the potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all primary ENL-DCRs performed within a period of twelve months by the same combined Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaringology team in Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The main outcome measure for...

Endolacrimal laser assisted lacrimal surgery.

AIMS To utilise the improved optical qualities of newly developed lacrimal endoscopes and newly miniaturised laser fibres for diagnostic visualisation and laser surgery of the lacrimal system. METHODS A KTP laser (wavelength 532 nm, 10 W energy) was used for laser assisted dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with endolacrimal visualisation in 26 patients. Bicanalicular silicone intubation was placed ...

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Summerskill's dacryocystorhinostomy.

THE routine excision of lacrimal sacs with obstructed drainage is bad surgical practice, and the provision of drainage through the lacrimal bone into the middle meatus of the nose has become the accepted procedure. In past years the time-consuming operation of Toti and its modifications have been accepted as the only satisfactory methods of achieving this aim. These operations, however, are ted...

Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

External OCR used to be the gold standard for the treatment of epiphora till a decade back. However it carried significant morbidity and the success rate was dismal. The advent of endoscope coupled with the understanding of anatomy of the lateral wall of nose opened out an avenue to deal with these cases endoscopically. In our series of 30 cases we achieved successful relief of symptoms in 28 c...