BACKGROUND Congenital nasolacrimal obstruction is usually the result of failure of canalisation of the distal end of the nasolacrimal duct. The most common outcome is spontaneous resolution, but some children do require surgical treatment by probing. Probing is a blind procedure with a recognised failure rate. METHODS In 52 lacrimal systems of 40 children nasal endoscopy was combined with a "...

Dacryocystorhinostomy allows by-passing saccal and post-saccal stenoses and has traditionally been performed via an external approach, namely, external dacryocystorhinostomy. Over the past two decades, advances in endoscopic equipment have led to the widespread use of the endoscopic transnasal approach to the lacrimal pathway. A retrospective evaluation has been made of personal success rates i...

Objective: To compare the success rate of nasal endoscopic assisted probing and simple in congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
 Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.
 Place Duration Study: Eye department, Combined Military Hospital, Malir Cantt, Karachi, from Feb 2018 to Jun 2019.
 Methodology: A total 100 children were randomly divided into two groups. Each child both gro...

Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is the standard procedure for treatment of acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO), which can be performed with an external or endonasal approach. Numerous variations DCR have been described in literature that report varying rates success. The aim this study to describe approach and success rate DCR, nasal mucosa, bone lacrimal mucosa are sequentially removed.

This study aimed to examine the rate of symptomatic improvement of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) in Japanese infants treated with conservative management within the 1st year of age. Thirty-five lacrimal ducts in 27 patients diagnosed with CNLDO were included in the study. During the observational period, lacrimal ducts were massaged. As well, antibiotic eye drops, to be admin...

Objective: To study the age and the sex distribution among the primary and secondarily acquired Nasolacrimal duct obstruction . Methods: we conducted a prospective observational study among randomly selected 100 patients presented with epiphora to ENT department during 2year period ie; from march 2013-march 2015. After confirming presence of Nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) by opthalmologic...

Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction: Should we continue lacrimal massage till 1 year or perform an office probing at 6 months? A clinical decision analysis approach Sir, We read the study by Bhandari et al. [1] with interest. It was of particular interest to us because probing for the congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) remains the second most common ocular surgical interventi...

Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) is a common disease in children. The classic treatment of CNLDO is probing that was done around one year old. However, controversy exists regarding the outcome of probing in children older than one year. This study aimed to find the cure rate of initial probing for CNLDO and identify factors producing the failure rate in old age. In this retrospe...

BACKGROUND A congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) is a relatively common disease in infants. We evaluated the results of probing three patients with CNLDO, under direct view, with a dacryoendoscope. METHODS Three cases of CNLDO were examined and treated by probing with a dacryoendoscope, under intravenous anesthesia. The diameter of the dacryoendoscope probe was 0.7 mm, and we wer...