Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Analysis of cases of Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy(DCR) performed at a tertiary eye care centre.

Dr Falguni A Chudasama

Abstract :

 Purpose  of  study  is  to describe  technique, success rate  of  endonasal  DCRs  and  to  report  complications.  Prospective,  interventional consecutive  study  was  performed  at  a  tertiary  eye  care center.   Total  40  patients  were  operated  from  August  2013  to  April  2014.  All  patients  were  followed  at  1  week,  1  month  and  6  month   postop.  Anatomic  success  with  a  patent nasolacrimal  duct  was  achieved  in  all  40  patients  at  post–op  day  7  &  post–op  1 month. Complications:  Bleeding  on  first  postop  day  was  found  in  3  patients  and  Was  controlled  with  nasal  packing.  Late  recurrence  of  epiphora  in  4  patients  at  6  months  was  corrected  by  revision  endoscopic  surgery  successfully.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Dr Falguni A Chudasama, Analysis of cases of Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy(DCR) performed at a tertiary eye care centre., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-7 | JULY-2017


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