J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2001 Apr;42(4):547-552.

The Surgical Efficacy of External Dacryocystorrhinostomy

• Hong JH
• Chung WS

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the success rate of conventional skin dacryocystorhinostomy(DCR), the success rate and postoperative complications were evaluated after the follow-up period of 6~72 months(average 16.7 months), and compared with those of our previous reports on endonasal DCR, at postoperative 6 months(PO6M) and 12 months(PO12M).
METHODS
skin DCR was performed in 76 patients, 89 eyes between July 1993 and June 2000 at the Department of Ophthalmology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine.
RESULTS
Primary success rate of skin DCR was 93.3%, and the final success rate after revision of mucosal ostium revealed 96.6%. Postoperative complications included 7 cases of silicone tube protrusion and 4 cases of mucosal ostium obstruction.
CONCLUSIONS
Primary success rate of skin DCR was 93.3%, and those of endonasal DCR were 92.3%(PO6M) and 89.8%(PO12M). The final success rate of skin DCR was 96.6%, and those of endonasal DCR were 98.4%(PO6M) and 99.2%(PO12M).

Keyword

Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy; Final success rate; Primary success rate; Skin dacryo-cystorhinostomy

MeSH Terms

Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Ophthalmology
Postoperative Complications
Silicones
Skin
Silicones