Background/objectives: Acute dacryocystitis, or inflammation of the lacrimal sac with abscess, is almost always secondary to nasolacrimal duct obstruction. The standard practice for treatment is incision and drainage because of concerns about the risks of exacerbation and spread of infection. Here, we tried to evaluate primary endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EnDCR) as a treatment for acute da...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of probing, without fluorescein irrigation, as a primary treatment for epiphora and/or mucous discharge, secondary to congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) METHODS: The medical records of nine-two children (127 eyes) with CNLDO who underwent a single probing without the use of fluorescein irrigation between January 2006 an...

PURPOSE Postblepharoplasty lower eyelid retraction is often due to scarring of the middle lamellae and/or vertical shortening of the anterior lamellae. Traditional reconstructive techniques involve a transconjunctival incision combined with a spacer graft. Other techniques involve a subperiosteal midface dissection or limited preperiosteal dissection. Elevation of the midface reduces the gravit...

Dear Editor, Two cases with epiphora and medial canthal mass showed a cyst within the lacrimal sac that compressed the lacrimal drainage system. We describe a new lacrimal sac anomaly of lacrimal intrasaccal cyst, which has not yet been reported. A 31-year-old woman was referred for epiphora in her left eye for 17 years. She also presented with a 10-year history of a palpable mass below the med...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of the modified technique of external dacrycystorhinostomy with anterior flaps anastomosis only. METHODS This prospective study included 52 patients with lacrimal drainage system disorders who underwent the modified technique of external dacrycystorhinostomy with anterior flaps anastomosis only. In this modified procedure of external dacryocystorhinostomy, anas...

5584 Background: To evaluate the outcomes of dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) in patients with head and neck tumors. METHODS The clinical records of all 31 patients with head and neck tumors who underwent DCR for nasolacrimal duct blockage at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center between 1999 and 2003 were retrospectively reviewed for outcome and complications of DCR. RESULTS Nasolacrimal duct blockage wa...

purpose:  to determine the safety and efficacy of mitomycin-c injection into the lacrimal duct for treatment of partial nasolacrimal duct obstruction in adults. method: this is a before-after clinical trial performed on 20 patients with partial primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction. we injected 1.5 ml of mitomycin-c 0.2 mg/ml into the lacrimal duct and repeated it with concentration of...