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- Title
Nasolacrimal duct Probing versus Silicone Intubation in the Treatment of Complex Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction.
- Authors
Hegab, Mohammed A.; Kotb, Ahmed N.; Sherif, Sharaf EL Deen; Salama, Moustafa A.
- Abstract
Background and Purpose: to compare the results of probing alone versus primary silicone intubation in cases of complex congenital NLDO. Methods: The study was done in ophthalmology department, Zagazig university hospitals from May 2022 to December 2023. Patients with complex CNLDO in children aged 1 - 4 years were included. We excluded cases of simple CNLDO, failed previous probing or intubation. Patients were divided randomly into two groups. The first group (group I) (32) eyes were treated with intubation and the second group (group II) (32) eyes were treated with probing and syringing. Results: 64 patients with complex type of CNLDO were enrolled. There was no significant difference between both groups regarding age (P = 0.990) and gender (P = 0.448). Failure rates were significantly higher in group II than in group I at one week (40.6 percent vs. 15.6 percent, P = 0.026). The results remained constant at the first and third month postoperative in which the failure rates at group II vs group I were (56.3 % vs. 15.6 %, P 0.001), and the results were also the same at the fourth and sixth month with the failure rates at group II vs group I were (68.8 % vs 15.6 %, P 0.001). Conclusion: Primary silicone intubation is recommended in cases of complex CNLDO because it produces better results than probing and has a longer success rate.
- Subjects
DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; LACRIMAL apparatus; INTUBATION; AGE groups; SILICONES; UNIVERSITY hospitals
- Publication
Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2024, Vol 30, p32
- ISSN
1110-1431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21608/ZUMJ.2024.268958.3163