ArticleHeliyon2024
Clinical utility of digital radiography dacryocystography for preoperative assessment in nasolacrimal duct obstruction prior to endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.
Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Anatomical and Functional Alterations in Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Evaluating failed dacryocystorhinostomy using computed tomography dacryocystography: a preliminary analysis of bony ostium characteristics in an Asian population.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Behavior and outcomes of 141 acquired lacrimal sac mucoceles treatedInternational journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of digital radiography dacryocystography in patients with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction prior to endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy. Methods: All dacryocystography images from 129 patients with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction were analyzed. Each group was assessed for postoperative epiphora severity using Munk's score via telephone follow-up three years post-surgery. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted to obtain a suitable cutoff value of the transverse diameter of the lacrimal sac (LS), used to categorize LS size into small (≤4.350 mm) and large (>4.350 mm). Results: Analysis of the transverse diameter of the LS among 129 patients showed a negative correlation between it and Munk's score ( Conclusion: The small LS was independently associated with the failed surgical outcome. Furthermore, the preoperative measurement of the LS transverse diameter serves as one of the reliable predictors for postoperative epiphora severity.
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