PURPOSE To compare the success rate of endoscopically assisted balloon dacryocystoplasty (DCP) and silicone intubation (DCP-SI) with endoscopically assisted silicone intubation alone (SI) in adults with incomplete nasolacrimal duct (NLD) obstruction. METHODS. In a retrospective nonrandomized comparative case series, 62 eyes of 55 adult patients with incomplete NLD obstruction underwent endoscop...

OBJECTIVE To present our work with the Masterka self-adjusting monocanalicular intubation without nasal recuperation in congenital lacrimal obstruction in children over 12-months old. METHODS A total of 40 children between the ages of one and seven (average age 2.6 years) were consecutively operated on. The Masterka catheter has a flexible metal guide inside the silicone tube that covers it c...

PURPOSE Evaluation of efficiency, complications, and advantages of pushed monocanalicular intubation using Masterka(®) tube versus simple probing in patients with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO). PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a case-controlled study that included 60 eyes (of 53 patients); 30 eyes underwent probing and 30 eyes intubation using the Masterka tube as a primary tre...

BACKGROUND To determine whether repair of a monocanalicular laceration using a Mini-Monoka stent provides a functioning system. METHODS This prospective study included patients who underwent repair of a monocanalicular laceration with placement of a Mini-Monoka stent. Silicone punctal plugs were placed in the unaffected punctum on the side that had sustained the injury and in the same punctum...

BACKGROUND/AIM Isolated stenosis of the lacrimal punctum is a frequent cause of epiphora. Treatment relies on surgical opening or dilatation with bi- or monocanalicular prosthesis. Recently, silicone perforated punctum plugs (PPP) were proposed. The drawback with these silicone PPP was that secretions accumulate in the central orifice blocking the spontaneous flow of tears. A modification of th...

purpose: to assess the efficacy of intraoperative mitomycin c (mmc) during silicone intubation (si) as a substitute for dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr) in nasolacrimal duct (nld) obstruction. methods: in a prospective, randomized, double-blind study, 88 candidates of dcr for nld obstruction were randomly assigned into two groups of si with application of either mmc (0.2 mg/ml for 2 minutes) or plac...

The role of silicone intubation in routine dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) surgery remains unclear. Recent studies provide a higher level of evidence against intubation in DCR. Intubation of the nasolacrimal duct with silicone tubes has largely arisen as a result of history, anecdote and the evolution of DCR surgery rather than being based upon sound evidence. Silicone intubation has gained popular...

PURPOSE To evaluate prognostic factors affecting silicone tube intubation outcomes in Asian patients with lacrimal drainage system stenosis. METHODS A retrospective review was conducted on the medical records of 822 patients (1,118 eyes) who had undergone silicone tube intubation to treat lacrimal drainage system stenosis between January 2011 and December 2012. Patients were divided into two ...