Recurrent epiphora after dacryocystorhinostomy surgery: Structural abnormalities identified with dacryocystography and long term outcomes of revision surgery : Success rates of further surgery following failed dacryocystorhinostomy surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the aetiopathology of recurrent epiphora or stickiness after dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) surgery, identifiable on dacryocystography (DCG), and to assess the success rates of secondary corrective surgeries.

Methods

Consecutive post-DCR DCG images from patients with recurrent symptoms were reviewed between 2012 and 2015.

Results

One hundred fifty-nine eyes of 137 patients were evaluated. Fifty-eight DCGs showed normal postoperative findings, 4 an upper/lower canalicular block, 13 a common canalicular block, 31 a completely closed anastomosis, 50 a narrow anastomosis, and 3 an anastomosis draining into a nasal sinus. The most successful corrective procedures for each failure category were: Lester Jones Tube (LJT) for a normal post-operative DCG

SUBMITTER: Timlin HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7934262 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature