OBJECTIVE To evaluate the nasolacrimal ostium created after successful external dacryocystorhinostomy. METHODS This prospective study included 41 successful primary external dacryocystorhinostomies performed in 41 patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction (33 women and 8 men; age range, 19-75 years). The dimensions of osteotomy were measured during surgery. Patients alternately underwent ei...

A total of 585 infants and children, with 802 con­ genital nasolacrimal duct obstructions, were treated during a ten year old period, from June 1985 at StMichael's and St.Anne's hospitals in Colombo. All patients were initially treated medi­ cally (massage), and failures were subjected to probing, and when probing failed, to dilatation. Resolution with medical therapy was 86% in pa­ tients unde...

OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome of late Nasolacrimal Duct (NLD) probing in children 2 years and above and to identify the cause of failure in these children. STUDY DESIGN Quasi- experimental. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna, India, from January 1999 to June 2003. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical diagnosis of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction (CNLDO) was d...

AIMS To determine the efficacy of probing in the initial treatment of epiphora and the symptom free period in adults with blocked nasolacrimal ducts. METHODS The results of probing in 85 eyes with epiphora due to nasolacrimal duct obstruction were studied retrospectively after a mean follow up of 7.4 months (SD 11.6) by a questionnaire and interview survey of patients. RESULTS 35% of the ey...