The Effect of Nasal Cavity Abnormality Related to Surgical Success Rate of Endonasal Dacryocystorhinostomy.
- Author:
Joung Mok KIM
1
;
Wook Pyo HONG
;
Yong Jun CHOI
;
Sung Joo KIM
Author Information
1. Myung-Gok Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Konyang University, Kim's Eye Hospital, Seoul, Korea. cybereyedoc@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy;
Nasal cavity abnormality;
Success rate
- MeSH:
Dacryocystorhinostomy*;
Humans;
Nasal Cavity*;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2006;47(8):1233-1237
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of a nasal cavity abnormality on the success rate of endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). METHODS: Two hundred seventy eyes of 230 patients who had undergone endonasal DCR from February 2003 to July 2004 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were classified into three groups after all were preoperatively examined by an otolaryngologist. Group A consisted of patients who had no nasal cavity abnormality; Group B, patients who had a nasal cavity abnormality and who received treatment; and Group C, patients with a nasal cavity abnormality but who received no treatment. RESULTS: The success rate of endonasal DCR were 83.9% in Group A, 87.5% in Group B, and 79.2% in Group C, with no statistical significance among the three groups (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The presence of a nasal cavity abnormality did not affect the success rate of endonasal DCR.
