AIMS To analyse bone fragments from rhinostomies of patients undergoing revisional dacryocystorhinostomy, looking for evidence of new bone formation. METHODS 14 consecutive patients undergoing secondary lacrimal surgery were included in this study. In each case the existing rhinostomy was enlarged with bone punches, care being taken to use the punches with the jaws cutting perpendicularly to ...

CONSIDERABLE stress has been laid on the necessity of careful in-patient treatment and post-operative care in cases of dacryocystorhinostomy. In most busy hospital departments it is sometimes extremely difficult if not impossible to cope with all the chronic dacryocystitis cases who require this operation and consequently the waiting list tends to get out of hand, and many of these waiting case...

Cardiobacterium hominis is a member of the HACEK (Haemophilus sp., Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, C. hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella kingae) group commonly associated with endocarditits and is normally present in the respiratory tract. We describe the first case of acute dacryocystitis with lacrimal abscess caused by C. hominis along with a brief review of the literature. The ...