LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Dacryoliths causing intermittent epiphora associated with a patent lacrimal system

ABSTRACT We present two patients with dacryoliths and patent lacrimal drainage with intermittent tearing and without infection. Dacryoliths can be present in the lacrimal sac or lacrimal duct without acute or chronic inflammation. In these cases, we believe dacryolith formation was a causative factor of ...

Bacteriological profile in conjunctival, lacrimal sac, and nasal specimens and conjunctival normalization time following external, endoscopic, and transcanalicular multidiode laser dacryocystorhinostomy

Balikoglu-Yilmaz, Melike; Esen, Ayse Banu; Yilmaz, Tolga; Taskin, Umit; Taskapili, Muhittin; Oktay, M. Faruk; Sen, Emine; Kose, Timur.

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016

ABSTRACT Purpose: To compare the conjunctival, lacrimal sac, and nasal flora cultures and conjunctival normalization time following external (EX-), endoscopic (EN-), and transcanalicular multidiode laser (TC-) dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and to evaluate the relationship between culture positivity and su...

Análisis de Varianza, Bacterias/aislamiento & purificación, Conjuntiva/microbiología, Dacriocistorrinostomía/métodos, Aparato Lagrimal/microbiología, Obstrucción del Conducto Lagrimal/microbiología, Láseres de Semiconductores/uso terapéutico, Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana, Conducto Nasolagrimal/microbiología, Conducto Nasolagrimal/cirugía, Cirugía Endoscópica por Orificios Naturales/métodos, Nariz/microbiología, Estudios Prospectivos, Valores de Referencia, Staphylococcus/aislamiento & purificación, Estadísticas no Paramétricas

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