Intranasal Rhino-Dacryo-Cystostomy for Persistent Epiphora in Childhood

Management of childhood epiphora.

AIMS To examine the effectiveness of a management protocol for childhood epiphora using a joint ophthalmological and otolaryngological team approach. METHOD A temporally defined retrospective study of 70 children (92 eyes) undergoing surgery for persistent epiphora, despite two previous technically successful probing procedures. All the operations involved a joint approach involving a paediat...

SCIENTIFIC REPORT Management of childhood epiphora

Laparoscopic cystostomy in pigs: Technique and comparison with traditional open cystostomy for surgical stress

Cystostomy is a common procedure in veterinary surgery. We describe a technique for laparoscopic cystostomy (LC group; n = 7) in Bama miniature pigs and compare the surgical stress induced by this procedure to open cystostomy (OC group; n = 7). A three-portal approach was used for laparoscopic cystostomy. First, we placed 2 simple interrupted sutures between the ventral body wall and urinary bl...

Case Reports of Lacrimal Sac Tumors Discovered in Patients with Persistent Epiphora Following Dacryocystorhinostomy

Dear Editor, Recently, we experienced two cases of lacrimal sac tumors discovered in patients who presented with persistent epiphora after receiving dacryocystorhynostomy (DCR). A 75-year-old female visited the clinic complaining persistent epiphora in the right eye for 5 years. The patient was diagnosed with nasolacrimal duct obstruction in the right eye and received a DCR twice 2 years ago at...

Unilateral epiphora in an adolescent.

A 15-year-old girl from a village near Pekan town was presented to the clinic accompanied by her parents. The girl had a 5-day history of tearing from her right eye associated with itching. She had visited another general practice (GP) clinic 2 days earlier where she was given some eye drops. None of her family members or contacts had conjunctivitis. There was no history of swelling, trauma, in...