Objective. To compare pre- and postoperative characteristics and surgical success rates of patients with and without previous episodes of dacryocystitis, who underwent external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) for nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO). Methods. The medical files of all patients who underwent external DCR between 2006 and 2011 in our institution were reviewed. The retrieved data of pa...

AIM To report the microbiological spectrum of acute and chronic dacrocystitis. METHODS Retrospective study on 100 patients who presented to the ophthalmic plastic clinic of a tertiary eye care center from May 2011 and April 2013 with acute and chronic dacryocystitis was reviewed for demographic and microbiological profile. The culture results and organisms isolated were recorded. RESULTS Si...

Introduction: Dacryocystitis is a very common pathology and affects significant part of the population. Stenosis nasolacrimal ducts most frequent cause development dacryocystitis, main method treatment dacryocystorhinostomy. Material methods: to study stages dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR), various scientific journals (scientific from which we get information) were used. One first methods surgical ...

INTRODUCTION Dacryocystitis is an infection and an inflammation of the lacrimal sac and is an important cause of ocular morbidity in India. OBJECTIVE To isolate and identify the bacterial patterns associated with dacryocystitis and to determine their antibacterial sensitivity pattern. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 100 lacrimal swab materials were subjected to bacterial analysis. Children...

Bilateral acute dacryocystitis in neonates is a rare condition with very few cases described in literature. [1–3] We present a case of bilateral acute dacryocystitis secondary to congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO), caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CAMRSA). This was the first case of bilateral acute dacryocystitis secondary to CNLDO, caused ...

·AIM: To report the microbiological spectrum of acute and chronic dacrocystitis. ·METHODS: Retrospective study on 100 patients who presented to the ophthalmic plastic clinic of a tertiary eye care center from May 2011 and April 2013 with acute and chronic dacryocystitis was reviewed for demographic and microbiological profile. The culture results and organisms isolated were recorded. ·RESULTS: ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the organisms responsible and to determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the bacterial isolates from conjunctiva and nasal mucosa in cases of chronic dacryocystitis and comparing with lacrimal sac specimen. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal study. METHODS A prospective analysis of 44 lacrimal sac contents of patients with ch...

BACKGROUND Bacterial pathogens isolated from dacryocystitis patients are diverse and complex in terms of their distribution, prevalence, and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. The clinical importance of microbial causes of dacryocystitis and pattern of drug resistance has not been reported in northwest Ethiopia. Moreover, the management of dacryocystitis is based on only clinical observation...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of surgical management in fistulous dacryocystitis cases associated with nasolacrimal duct (NLD) obstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-two patients (14 female, 8 male) with fistulous dacryocystitis were included. The patients were divided into two groups as congenital (Group I) and acquired (Group II) groups. Fis...