PURPOSE To evaluate the outcomes of transconjunctival dacryocystorhinostomy (TRC-DCR) surgery in patients with epiphora due to primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (PANDO) at second year follow-up. METHODS In this retrospective, interventional study, 33 eyes of 29 patients, with epiphora due to PANDO, are included. Lower eyelid conjunctiva is incised at vestibulum inferomedially to ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To compare the outcome of dacryocystorhinostomy surgery with and without the intraoperative use of Mitomycin C. METHODS Our study is a prospective comparative case study in which 50 patients of primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction were divided on the basis of random sampling into the conventional dacryocystorhinostomy group and the Mitomycin C group in which Mito...

PURPOSE Monocanalicular intubation offers potential advantages over bicanalicular intubation including ease of removal and use of only one canaliculus. Recent reports suggest equal outcomes with both types of tubes for nasolacrimal intubation. This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of monocanalicular intubation during external dacryocystorhinostomy. METHODS Fifty-seven lacrimal systems of 5...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with and without intraoperative application of mitomycin-C in patients with chronic dacryocystitis. STUDY DESIGN An experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Ophthalmology, Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH), Bahawalpur, from September 2009 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY One hundred and sixty patient...

purpose: to assess the efficacy of intraoperative mitomycin c (mmc) during silicone intubation (si) as a substitute for dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr) in nasolacrimal duct (nld) obstruction. methods: in a prospective, randomized, double-blind study, 88 candidates of dcr for nld obstruction were randomly assigned into two groups of si with application of either mmc (0.2 mg/ml for 2 minutes) or plac...

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...

In past years, external dacryocystorhinostomy has been considered the gold standard in terms of functional outcome for treatment for nasolacrimal duct obstruction. In comparison, interest in the use of the recently developed endonasal dacyocystorhinostomy procedure has been rekindled because of advances in instrumentation. For the past 10 years, differences in the outcomes between the two techn...