A simple and efficient technique for suturing and knotting during endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study evaluated the long-term outcomes of endoscopic suturing and knotting-dacryocystorhinostomy (eSK-DCR) without the use of a stent or mitomycin C.

Methods

A prospective interventional case series was performed on patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) who underwent eSK-DCR at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center from October 2019 to December 2019. The surgeon sutured the lacrimal sac mucosa with the nasal mucosa by tying knots under endoscopic DCR. Subject demographics, preoperative data and postoperative data were collected, including clinical presentation, Munk score for epiphora, surgical indications, operation time, duration of knotting, number of knots, endoscopic ostium size, complications, and anatomical and functional success. Anatomic success was

SUBMITTER: Chen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9902408 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature