OBJECTIVES To determine the outcome and long-term efficacy of external dacryocystorhinostomy (ext-DCR) with or without bicanalicular silicon intubation in patients with functional nasolacrimal drainage obstruction (FNLDO). MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with epiphora and patent lacrimal systems on nasolacrimal irrigation were prospectively enrolled in the study. Each patient was assessed with...

PURPOSE To study the effect of bicanalicular silicone intubation on endonasal endoscopic mechanical dacryocystorhinostomy (EEM-DCR) for primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (PANDO). DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS A total of 120 consecutive adults (103 females) with a presenting age of 64 ± 13.7 years (range, 39-92 years) underwent EEM-DCR for PANDO from November 20...

AIM: To investigate the effect of bicanalicular silicone tube intubation (BSTI) in treatment functional epiphora after endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (En-DCR). METHODS: Clinical data 84 patients (95 eyes) with En-DCR were retrospectively analyzed. Functional was confirmed as persistent or recurrent by fluorescein dye disappearance test (FDDT), lacrimal irrigation test, well examination. Secon...

OBJECTIVE To assess the results of microsurgical endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy with long-term insertion of single or double bicanalicular silicone tubes in canalicular (presaccal) and ductal (postsaccal) stenosis of the nasolacrimal duct system. DESIGN Retrospective follow-up of case series between 1992 and 1996. PATIENTS Thirty-eight patients were included in the study: 19 with ductal st...

Aim: To present the long-term results of bicanalicular silicone tube intubation combined with external dacryocystorhinostomy (EDRS) in-patient nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO)
 Methods: Long-term 169 eyes patients who underwent between January 2010 and December 2020 in our clinic were evaluated, retrospectively. On postoperative 1st day, 10th month, 3rd 6th 9th 12th last visits, evalua...