ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of mitomycin C in anatomical and functional success after modified transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy. Methods: A prospective, double-blinded, randomized placebo-controlled study compared the effect of topical mitomycin C on modified transcan...
Aim: To compare external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and endoscopic approaches in terms of success rate and complications.
Methods: In this randomized, interventional, comparative study, ninety-four patients (108 surgeries)
participated in this study, 58 cases of endoscopic dacrocystorhinostomy and 50 ca...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the reliability of the endoscopic dye transit test for the prediction of functional success after dacryocystorhinostomy. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 50 patients who underwent external dacryocystorhinostomy Group or transcanalicular dacryocystorhino...
RESUMEN Los tumores del saco lagrimal son extremadamente raros, y el benigno primario más común es el papiloma escamoso. Clínicamente se manifiestan como una zona de tumefacción en la región cantal medial, asociado a epifora y dacriocistitis crónica-recurrente. Dentro de las pruebas de imagen recom...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To report demographic features and surgical outcomes of 320 children undergoing external dacryocystorhinostomy for dacryostenosis. Methods: We performed a retrospective evaluation of the records of patients aged <16 years who underwent external dacryocystorhinostomy. Patient demogr...
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...
OBJETIVO: O objetivo do projeto de pesquisa é determinar a incidência das complicações intra e pós-operatória da dacriocistorrinostomia externa efetuadas pela autora, no Hospital São Paulo, no período de 10 de abril de 2009 a 15 de janeiro de 2010. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo observacional dos...