[Congenital imperforation of the nasolacrimal canal].

The medical attendance of the congenital imperforation of the tear-nasal tassel continues to be an actual problem because of the great number of cases met in practice. The analysis of 115 cases of congenital imperforation of the tear-nasal tassel shows the presence of this disease at one eye in 76 cases and at the both eyes in 39 cases. The frequency of the un perforation was greater at men. From 115 cases of congenital imperforations there have been obtained good results using tear lavages in 71 cases and tear polls in 39 cases. In 5 failure informations there was practised dacryocystorhinostomy, but only after 3 years age.