ReviewGland surgery2018
The role of interventional radiology in the treatment of epiphora.
Review in Gland surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- The evolving role of interventional radiology in ophthalmology: advancements in imaging, therapeutic applications, and future prospects, a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Value of interventional radiology and their contributions to modern medical systems.Frontiers in radiology · 2024Review
- Reference role of middle turbinate axilla in lacrimal sac localization assisted by computed tomographic dacryocystography-reference value of middle turbinate in locating lacrimal sac.BMC ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Lacrimal Sac Tumors: A Case Series.Ocular oncology and pathology · 2022Article
- Clinical utility of SPECT/CT and CT-dacryocystography-enhanced dacryoscintigraphy in the imaging of lacrimal drainage system obstruction.Annals of nuclear medicine · 2019Article
- Value of ultrasound biomicroscopy in assessment of small masses at medial canthal region.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2019Article
- Interventional radiology of glands.Gland surgery · 2018Article
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Abstract
Epiphora is a relatively common ophthalmologic affection representing almost 5% of clinical consultations in ophthalmology and it consists in the complete or partial obstruction of nasolacrimal duct, leading to insufficient drainage of tears. The traditional treatment is represented by surgery namely, external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). Despite the high success rate DCR has many disadvantages and limitations since it requires general anesthesia, it may arise in a permanent facial scar and it is often affected by the reobstruction of the anastomotic tract by fibrotic scars and osteogenic activity. Fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures are a therapeutic alternative to surgery for lacrimal duct system obstructions that can consist either in balloon dacryocystoplasty or in nasolacrimal stent placement. In both cases, a pre-operative imaging characterization of the occlusion is needed for a correct treatment planning. In this review, we propose to highlight the role of interventional radiology in the treatment of epiphora and the role of computed tomography dacryocystography (CTD) in depiction and the pre-interventional planning.
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