Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2000;41(11):2303-2307.
Published online November 1, 2000.
Silicone Intubation for Functional Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction.
Dalwoong Huh, Moo Gon Son, Yoon Duck Kim
1Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, #50 Ilwon-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul, 135-710, Korea.
2Department of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, School of Medicine, Ulsan University, Seoul, Korea.
기능적 누도 폐쇄에서의 실리콘관 삽입술
허달웅(Dai Woong Huh),손무곤(Moo Gon Son),김윤덕(Yoon Duck Kim)
Abstract
Functional nasolacrimal duct obstruction refers to a situation in which the lacrimal system is patent to syringing in a patient complaining of tearing. From July 1995 to July 1998 we performed silicone tube intubation in 29 eyes of 22 patients with functional obstruction of the lacrimal drainage passages. Seventy-two percent of patients had resistance in the lacrimal passage atprobing and proximal nasolacrimal duct was the most frequent obstruction site.Epiphora has improved in 58.6% (17 eyes)after silicone intubation without any improvement in the remaining.Some even became aggravated. Most patients with functional obstruction had partial obstruction in the lacrimal passage and more than half of them became improved with the sil-So silicone intubation can be considered as an initial procedure prior to dacryocystorhinostomy
Key Words: Functional nasolacrimal duct obstruction;Silicone intubation


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