Canaliculitis After Dacryocystorhinostomy with Silicone Tubes.

Jung, Bo Young; Kim, Yoon Duck

doi:2008.49.3.390

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 49(3); 2008 > Article

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2008;49(3):390-395.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2008.49.3.390 Published online March 31, 2008.

Canaliculitis After Dacryocystorhinostomy with Silicone Tubes.

Bo Young Jung, Yoon Duck Kim

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan Univesity College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ydkimoph@skku.edu

실리콘관을 사용한 눈물주머니코안연결술 후 발생한 눈물소관염

정보영¹ㆍ김윤덕²

"Department of Ophthalmology, Dongguk University College of Medicine1, Gyeongju, Korea Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan Univesity College of Medicine2, Seoul, Korea"

Correspondence: Bo Young Jung, M.D.1

Abstract

PURPOSE
To investigate the incidence and clinical course of canaliculitis after dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with silicone tubes. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on 521 eyes in 484 patients who had undergone DCR with silicone tubes between October 1994 and May 2006. RESULTS: Canaliculitis occurred in 11 eyes (2.1%). The mean age of the 10 patients involved in this study was 62.1 years (47~71 years) with a mean follow-up period of 11.1 months (6~36 months). The mean onset of canaliculitis was 3.2 months (1~5 months) after the surgery. All cases of canaliculitis were resolved with antibiotic treatment after silicone tube removal, and the surgical outcomes were successful in all patients. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of canaliculitis after DCR with silicone tubes was rare. In such cases, the final surgical outcome was successful after appropriate treatment.

Key Words: Canaliculitis;Dacryocystorhinostomy;Silicone tube