ArticleKorean journal of ophthalmology : KJO2010
Clinical outcomes of initial and repeated nasolacrimal duct office-based probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Success Rate of the Primary Probing in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction in Different Age Groups.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Implication of Dacryoendoscopy in the Patients with Tearing: A Systematic Review.Korean journal of ophthalmology : KJO · 2023Pooled it
- Office probing for treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in infants.Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2014Trial
- Dacryoendoscopy as a frontier technology for lacrimal drainage disorders.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2025Review
- Double Pair of Eyes in Newborn: Bilateral Congenital Dacryocystocele- A Case Report.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025Article
- Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction: clinical guideline.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Unlocking the secrets of success in probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction: investigating the factors that matter.International ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Assessment of Office-Based Probing with Dacryoendoscopy for Treatment of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction (CNLDO): A Review.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Success rates of dacryoendoscopy-guided probing for recalcitrant congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2016Article
- Effects of medication methods after simple and effective probing of lacrimal passage.International journal of ophthalmology · 2014Article
- Success rate of probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction at various ages.Journal of ophthalmic & vision research · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeTo characterize the outcomes of initial and repeated office-based probing as a primary treatment for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) in children.
methodsThe medical records of patients who underwent nasolacrimal duct office-based probing for CNLDO between March 2004 and January 2008 were reviewed retrospectively. Nasolacrimal duct probing was performed on 244 eyes from 229 consecutive patients with CNLDO. Patients who were refractory to the first probing underwent a second probing 4 to 8 weeks later.
resultsBased on exclusion criteria, 244 eyes from 229 patients (117 males and 112 females), aged 6 to 71 months (mean, 12.4 ± 8.36) were included. The success rate of the initial probing was 80% (196 of 244) for all patients, 82% (111 of 136) in the 6 to 12 month age group, 79% (64 of 81) in the 13 to 18 months age group, and 78% (21 of 27) among individuals older than 19 months (p = 0.868, Pearson chi-square test). The success rate of the second probing was 61% (25 of 41) for all patients, 74% (17 of 23) in the 6 to 12 months age group, 58% (7 of 12) in the 13 to 18 months age group, and 17% (1 of 6) among individuals older than 19 months (p = 0.043, Fisher's exact test).
conclusionsWhile the success rate of initial nasolacrimal duct probing is not affected by age, the rate of success rate with a second probing was significantly lower in patients older than 19 months. Based on the results, authors recommend further surgical interventions, such as silicone tube intubation or balloon dacryocystoplasty, instead of repeated office probing for patients older than 19 months, if an initial office probing has failed.
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