Endoscopic and external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) - which is better?

Endoscopic and external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR): which is better?

Non endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy versus external

Aims and Objectives: To compare the success rates of non endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy and conventional external dacryocystorhinostomy for the surgical management of primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Materials and methods: A retrospective, nonrandomized, comparative interventional case series of 302 patients who underwent either endonasal or external dacryocystorhinos...

External Dacryocystorhinostomy; Success Rate and Causes of Failure in Endoscopic and Pathologic Evaluations

Background and Objectives: External dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is the method of choice to treat nasolacrimal duct (NLD) obstruction and the other approaches are compared with it, with a failure rate of 4% to 13%. The current study aimed to assess the causes of failure in external DCR by postoperative endoscopic and pathological evaluation. <stro...

Endoscopic DCR vs External DCR: What's Best in the Acute Setting?

251 Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) for the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) has been practiced for over a century. First described by Addeo Toti in 1904,[1] primary external DCR has traditionally been considered the gold standard technique demonstrating success rates that approach 98% in patients with primary acquired NLDO.[2,3] Caldwell first described the endonasal (non‐endoscop...

[Endoscopic nasal dacryocystorhinostomy: results and advantages over the external approach].

UNLABELLED Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is a procedure used to create a lachrymal drainage pathway into the nasal cavity in order to reestablish the permanent drainage of a previously obstructed excretory system. AIM to report our results obtained with endoscopic DCR technique, describing its advantages and disadvantages STUDY DESIGN Historic cohort. MATERIAL AND METHOD we retrospectively ...