Dacryocystorhinostomy with Silicone Tube used in the Lacrimal Drainage System.
- Author:
Bong Hwan LEE
1
;
Wha Sun CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
dacryocystorhinostomy with silicone tube;
canaliculus
- MeSH:
Dacryocystitis;
Dacryocystorhinostomy*;
Drainage*;
Follow-Up Studies;
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases;
Silicones*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1989;30(3):343-350
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
We performed 16 dacryocystorhinostomies with silicone tube for the chronic dacryocystitis with partial obstruction of the canaliculus. About 10 weeks postoperatively, the silicone tube was removed in 6 cases which had some epiphora, and the tube was retained in the canlaiculus in asymtomatic 10 cases. After 6 months follow up period, one case revealed a reobstruction of the common canaliculus but the other fifteen cases showed satisfactory results.
