purpose: to compare the success rate of external dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr) with and without bicanalicular silicone intubation for the management of primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction. methods: in this study, 51 eyes from 50 patients who were diagnosed with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction underwent external dcr. patients with history of trauma and/ or surgery in the ...

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...

OBJECTIVE To report revision external dacryocystorhinostomy (rE-DCR) results following failed dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) surgery. METHODS A retrospective review of patients who underwent rE-DCR between June 2006 and June 2015 at Yıldırım Beyazıt University Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital Department of Ophthalmology. Data were collected on the primary surgery technique and patie...

Transnasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy is a good alternative for external DCR. It is considered a safe and efficient technique with successful results, comparable or even better than the external technique. Advanced knowledge of the endoscopic anatomy and the lacrimal system is necessary to perform the procedure safely, and to obtain good surgical outcomes. The aim of the paper is to analy...

Objective: To study the outcome of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy in our hospital.Methods: Design: Prospective Study Setting: Tertiary rural government teaching hospital Participants: 40 patients with chronic dacryocyctitis with nasolacrymal duct obstruction over a period of 2 years from January, 2010 to December, 2012 who attended in ENT outpatient department of Burdwan Medical Col...