Clinical Features Associated With Outcomes of Canalicular Laceration Repair.

Kim, Oh Jae; Ko, Byung Yi; Kim, Sung Joo; Ha, Myung Sook

doi:2009.50.1.8

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 50(1); 2009 > Article

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2009;50(1):8-13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2009.50.1.8 Published online January 15, 2009.

Clinical Features Associated With Outcomes of Canalicular Laceration Repair.

Oh Jae Kim, Byung Yi Ko, Sung Joo Kim, Myung Sook Ha

¹Department of Ophthalmology, KonYang University College of Medicine, Daejon, Korea. hmseye@hanmail.net
²Department of Ophthalmology, KonYang University College of Medicine, Kim's Eye Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

누소관 열상 환자에서 누소관 성형술의 성공요인 분석

김오제¹ㆍ고병이¹ㆍ김성주²ㆍ하명숙¹

Department of Ophthalmology, KonYang University College of Medicine¹, Daejon, Korea / Department of Ophthalmology, KonYang University College of Medicine, Kim's Eye Hospital², Seoul, Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate clinical characteristics and outcome of repair of canalicular laceration with Crawford stent. METHODS: All 40 patients who underwent canalicular laceration repair from 2004 to 2007 in the hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Demographics, cause of canalicular injury, surgical management with Crawford stent, and its outcome were analyzed RESULTS: Most cases were male with step wound (34 cases 85%). Average age of fourty patients was 41.7 years old. Outcome had varied depending on the time of surgery, the location of laceration, the suture method, the wound condition, and the duration for stent. Maintaining silicone tube more than three months, and surgical approach within forty-eight hours resulted in statistically significant results. CONCLUSIONS: The outcome of canalicular laceration was better when surgical approach was done within forty-eight hours and silicone tube was maintained more than three months.

Key Words: Bicanalicular intubation;Canalicular laceration;Crawford tube