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...

AIM: To investigate the feasibility of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (En-DCR) with bicanalicular silicone tube intubation for treating chronic dacryocystitis secondary to nasolacrimal duct stent (NDS) incarceration. METHODS: En-DCRs were performed on 44 patients (46 eyes) NDS incarceration from April 2016 October 2022. The granuloma and scar tissues separated, removal was achieved during sur...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of a sleeve technique during endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) in primary nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) patients with a high lacrimal sac. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of 45 patients (49 cases) undergoing endoscopic DCR for primary NLDO with a high lacrimal sac were retrospectively reviewed. In 19 patients (21 cases), the thick maxilla...

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...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of surgical management in fistulous dacryocystitis cases associated with nasolacrimal duct (NLD) obstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-two patients (14 female, 8 male) with fistulous dacryocystitis were included. The patients were divided into two groups as congenital (Group I) and acquired (Group II) groups. Fis...

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 ...

PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy of lacrimal silicone intubation for the management of epiphora in patients who have previously undergone anatomically successful dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). METHODS The authors recruited 13 patients (4 male, 9 female) who had persistent epiphora after an anatomically successful primary external DCR and conducted lacrimal silicone intubation through the dac...