Dacryocystorhinostomy with Silicone Tube used in the Lacrimal Drainage System.

Lee, Bong Hwan; Chung, Wha Sun

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(3):343-350.
Published online March 1, 1989.

Dacryocystorhinostomy with Silicone Tube used in the Lacrimal Drainage System.

Bong Hwan Lee, Wha Sun Chung

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.

실리콘관을 이용한 누낭비강문합술

이봉환(Bong Hwan Lee),정화선(Wha Sun Chung)

Abstract

We performed 16 dacryocystorhinostomies with silicone tube for the chronic dacryocystitis with partial obstruction of the canaliculus. About 10 weeks postoperatively, the silicone tube was removed in 6 cases which had some epiphora, and the tube was retained in the canlaiculus in asymtomatic 10 cases. After 6 months follow up period, one case revealed a reobstruction of the common canaliculus but the other fifteen cases showed satisfactory results.

Key Words: dacryocystorhinostomy with silicone tube;canaliculus