ArticleKorean journal of ophthalmology : KJO2022
Dacryoendoscopic Findings in the Failed Silicone Tube Intubations without Dacryoendoscopy.
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- Dacryoendoscopy in patients with lacrimal outflow obstruction: a systematic review.International ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Implication of Dacryoendoscopy in the Patients with Tearing: A Systematic Review.Korean journal of ophthalmology : KJO · 2023Pooled it
- Q-Needle-Assisted Intraductal Injection Enhances Dacryoendoscopic Surgery for Primary Acquired Lacrimal Drainage Obstruction: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical Impact of Using Real-Time Image-Processing Algorithms (Comb Removal and Image Sharpening) in Dacryoendoscopic Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Quantification of Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Length and Its Relationship with Surgical Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and cytological changes in mucinous obstruction diagnosed by dacryoendoscopy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Comparison of Outcomes of Silicone Tube Intubation with or without Dacryoendoscopy for the Treatment of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Long-term outcomes of laser dacryoplasty combined with intubation using a new silicon tube in patients with lacrimal duct obstruction.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Dacryoendoscopy: Historical development, philosophical foundation, and clinical perspective.Taiwan journal of ophthalmologyReview
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the clinical characteristics and dacryoendoscopic findings and clinical efficacy of silicone tube intubation (STI) in the patients who referred to our center due to failed with conventional STI.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 61 cases from 50 patients who underwent STI or endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy using dacryoendoscopy from January 2016 to May 2021. Clinical characteristics, tear meniscus height, lacrimal irrigation test, dacryocystographic findings, dacryoendoscopic findings and surgical outcomes were evaluated.
resultsThe study included 12 male and 38 female patients (mean age, 64.1 ± 13.2 years). In the preoperative lacrimal irrigation test, passage was found in 33 eyes (54.1%) and no passage in 28 eyes (45.9%). The causes of lacrimal duct obstruction were in the order of stenosis (31.1%), mucus (27.9%), membrane (24.6%), granulation (13.1%), and stone (3.3%), and the location were in the order of nasolacrimal duct (39.3%), lacrimal sac (36.1%), canaliculus (21.3%), and inferior meatus (3.3%). As for the characteristics of obstruction, the secretory type was 21 eyes (34.4%), and structural change type was 40 eyes (65.6%). The STI group consisted of 57 eyes (93.4%) and endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy consisted of four eyes (6.6%). The overall success rate was 83.9%. Clinical results were correlated with dacryoendoscopic finding (p = 0.015), but not with lacrimal irrigation test or dacryocystography. The structural change type had a higher surgical success rate than the secretory type (84.4% vs. 66.7%, p = 0.015). In particular, the structural change type showed higher success rate than the secretory type below the lacrimal sac (95.5% vs. 61.9%, p = 0.034).
conclusionsSTI using dacryoendoscopy has a higher surgical success rate than conventional STI since dacryoendoscopy provides direct visualization of nasolacrimal duct obstruction. It could be useful in increasing the surgical success rate in patients with structural changes below lacrimal sac.
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