PURPOSE To study, through endoscopy, the postoperative structural changes of the intranasal ostium following external dacryocystorhinostomy and to evaluate the influence of saline solution and 5-fluorouracil. METHODS Fifty patients were distributed into the following groups: Group SS-dacryocystorhinostomy and an injection of saline solution during surgery (13 patients); Group 5--FU1-dacryocys...

.. Purpose: To compare the results of standard dacryocystorhinostomy with the results of dacryocystorhinostomy done with silicon tube stentting of the lacrimal canaliculi. Study design: This is a hospital based, prospective, comparative and interventional study. Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Allied Hospital Punjab Medical College Faisalabad. Period: January 2006 to December 2006. Method...

Aim: To compare of severity of pain with and without sedation in patients undergoing external dacryocystorhinostomy under local anesthesia. Methodology: A total of 240 patients of both gender having chronic dacryocystitis between age 20 and 60 years were included. Patients with gross nasal pathology, previous dacryocystorhinostomy and lower lid laxity were excluded. Then selected cases were pla...

Two hundred and eight cases of failed dacryocystorhinostomy presenting to the Lacrimal Clinic at Moorfields Eye Hospital between 1970 and 1985 were reviewed. All cases underwent a further operation. The reasons for failure were usually apparent on reoperation. The surgical technique is described. A second dacryocystorhinostomy is a highly successful technique that spares both patient and surgeo...

Purpose: Dacryocystorhinostomy surgery may result in significant postoperative scarring. Although other surgical techniques have been developed that achieve a better aesthetic result, the ab externo technique remains gold standard for this procedure. We telephone survey to evaluate visual impact of skin scars associated with dacryocystorhinostomy. Methods: 470 patients underwent uncomplicated e...

INTRODUCTION Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is the treatment of choice for nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Although external DCR is regarded as the gold standard, endoscopic DCR is evolving as an equally-effective alternative. Objectives To compare the success rate of treating nasolacrimal duct obstruction by endoscopic endonasal method compared to the conventional DCR surgery. Materials and method...

The main objective of the present study was to prospectively evaluate long-term surgical success and safety in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction treated with a multidiode transcanalicular laser and bicanalicular silicone intubation stenting. 42 patients treated with transcanalicular laser dacryocystorhinostomy for nasolacrimal duct obstruction were prospectively enrolled. In all cases...