Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: A 10-year retrospective study of 148 children (270 eyes), aged 9 to 159 months (mean age: 29.6 ± 17.7 months), who previously had not undergone a nasolacrimal surgical procedure and who presented with clinical signs of nasolacrimal duct obstruction, was conducted. All children underwent balloon catheter dilation of the nasolacrimal duct. RESULTS: Treatment success, defined as complete resolution of nasolacrimal duct obstruction symptoms present at follow-up visits at 1 week and up to 6 months after surgery, was 87% (234 of 270 eyes). Partial success was defined as occasional tearing which was acceptable to parents and present in 3% (nine eyes). Only 10% of the children underwent a second procedure due to complete failure. In a sub-analysis by age groups-under 18 months, between 18 and 36 months, and above 36 months-complete resolution rates were 85%, 93%, and 77%, and partial success rates were 3%, 3%, and 4%, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the age groups (p = .007). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Inbal Gazit, Eran Pras, Lior Or, Morris E Hartstein |
Journal | European journal of ophthalmology
(Eur J Ophthalmol)
Vol. 31
Issue 2
Pg. 334-339
(Mar 2021)
ISSN: 1724-6016 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 31888382
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Catheterization
(methods)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Dacryocystorhinostomy
(methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Intubation
(methods)
- Lacrimal Duct Obstruction
(congenital, therapy)
- Male
- Nasolacrimal Duct
(abnormalities)
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
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