Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

Endoscope Assisted Dacryocystorhinostomy: A Case series

Dr Anu Jacob, Dr B. Sunderarajan

Abstract :

Dacryocystorhinostomy is the fistulisation of lacrimal sac into nasal cavity. The patient presents with epiphora, mucous secretions or inflammation of sac. Surgical clearance is the main line of treatment. Different methods of using single, double or triple flaps are being demonstrated. Recent surgical modalities involve using different laser of Holmium: YAG, Argon, carbon dioxide or Potassium titanium phosphate (KTP). Here we are discussing and analysing the merits of 10 cases which underwent endoscope assisted dacrocystorhinostomy using the two flap technique. Dacryocystitis do not have any specific age group. Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy is a surgical approach to create a shorter lacrimal drainage into nasal cavity proximal to the ductal block. The advantage of this procedure is that it is a scar less procedure which preserves the pump function of nasolacrimal sac and has relatively less bleeding intraoperatively. This is a day care procedure which can be done under local anaesthesia or general anaesthesia. It gives good results even in doing a revision DCR for a failed endonasal DCR or External DCR.

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ENDOSCOPE ASSISTED DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY: A CASE SERIES, Dr Anu Jacob, Dr B. Sunderarajan PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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