
To analyze a series of patients with lacrimal duct obstruction treated with polyurethane stents.We studied 125 cases of lacrimal duct obstruction corresponding to 115 patients, of whom 30 were males (26.08%) and 85 females (73.91%). The obstruction involved the right side in 51 cases (40.8%) and the left side in 74 (59.2%). Mean age was 65 +/- 14.64 years. Symptoms included chronic epiphora in 65 patients (52%), acute lacrimal sac inflammation in 33 (26.4%), mucocele in 6 (4.8%) and recurrent conjunctivitis in 4 (3.2%). Seventeen patients came to us diagnosed with lacrimal duct obstruction. Time of follow up was one year.Stents were successfully implanted in 120 cases (96%). Surgical complications included pain in 5.83%, eyelid inflammation in 5%, nasal bleeding in 0.83% and false duct in 0.83%. Functional success was achieved in 82 patients (68.3%), and surgical failure occurred in 38 patients (31.7%). Mean time of stent failure was 178 days. In these cases, inner granulation tissue was found in 63.15% of the cases and mucoid material in 36.85%. The most common postoperative complication was mucocele formation, which ocurred in 7.5% of the patients.In our experience, polyurethane stent implantation is a good alternative for treating nasolacrimal obstruction, but not as effective as endonasal or external dacryocystorhinostomy.
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Adolescent, Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases, Mucocele, Middle Aged, Dacryocystitis, Postoperative Complications, Treatment Outcome, Lacrimal Duct Obstruction, Humans, Equipment Failure, Female, Stents, Dacryocystorhinostomy, Aged
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Adolescent, Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases, Mucocele, Middle Aged, Dacryocystitis, Postoperative Complications, Treatment Outcome, Lacrimal Duct Obstruction, Humans, Equipment Failure, Female, Stents, Dacryocystorhinostomy, Aged
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