Personal experience in endoscopic dacrocystorhinostomy in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Abstract

Data are reported on a series of 52 endoscopic procedures of dacryocystorhinostomy, performed in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Al- Diwaniya general teaching hospital, between June 2012 and March 2014. The studied 52 patients (35 female, 17 male, mean age 35 and 33 years, respectively) with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. In all cases, pre-operative diagnosis made by ophthalmologist. All procedures were performed under general anesthesia and surgical times were estimated and recorded; mean time for primary dacryocystorhinostomy was 30 minutes. A silicone stent was inserted in all patients for a period of 4 months. The procedure was successful in 92.3 % of cases. Personal clinical and surgical experience, relating to surgical techniques used in dacryocystorhinostomy, was described.
Aim of the study
This study aimed to estimate the success rate, complications, and time of the procedure aiming to increase the expertise of the surgeon who perform this procedure as estimated by the high success rate and lower operative time and less rate of complications.