Long-term results of intranasal laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy with the use of a surgical microscope.
作者信息
Prokopakis Emmanuel P, Vardouniotis Alexios S, Karatzanis Alexandros D, Malandrakis Stylianos G, Siganos Charalambos S, Velegrakis George A
机构信息
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, 71414 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
出版信息
Auris Nasus Larynx. 2010 Feb;37(1):66-70. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2009.04.011. Epub 2009 Jul 2.
OBJECTIVE
To address the long-term results of our method that combines intranasal laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy with the use of surgical microscope.
METHODS
The procedure is a modification of the West method. A retrospective series of the long-term results are presented in 105 patients that underwent 118 DCR procedures, over the past 6 years. Selection criteria were mainly acquired idiopathic nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
RESULTS
113 DCR cases (95.8%) were free of symptoms postoperatively (mean follow-up: 24 months).
CONCLUSION
Our method when compared with traditional methods is correlated with excellent postoperative long-term results.
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