ArticleIndian journal of ophthalmology2026
Selective potassium titanyl phosphate laser-assisted endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy with cyanoacrylate flap fixation: A prospective comparative study.
Article in Indian journal of ophthalmology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeTo compare intraoperative blood loss and surgical success between potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser-assisted and conventional cold steel endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (enDCR). Methods: Design: Prospective, non randomized comparative interventional study. Setting: Single tertiary referral center. Patients: Adults with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction were prospectively enrolled between March 2023 and June 2024. Intervention: Patients were assigned to either KTP laser-assisted enDCR or cold steel enDCR, differing only in the method of nasal mucosal incision. In both groups, bone removal and lacrimal sac opening were performed with cold steel instruments, and mucosal flaps were secured using 2-octyl-cyanoacrylate adhesive. Main outcome measures: The primary outcome was surgical success at 9 months. Secondary outcomes included intraoperative blood loss and adhesive-related complications.
resultsA total of 73 procedures were analyzed (cold steel: 36; KTP: 37). The KTP group demonstrated significantly lower median intraoperative blood loss compared to the cold steel group (0.05 g vs. 0.36 g; P < 0.001). Surgical success rates at 9 months were comparable between the two techniques (94.6% in the KTP group vs. 97.2% in the cold steel group; P = 1.000). No complications related to the cyanoacrylate adhesive were observed.
conclusionsSelective use of the KTP laser for mucosal incision, combined with cyanoacrylate flap fixation, significantly minimizes intraoperative bleeding while achieving high surgical success rates comparable to traditional cold steel enDCR.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.