The Effect of Nasal Cavity Abnormality Related to Surgical Success Rate of Endonasal Dacryocystorhinostomy.

Kim, Joung Mok; Hong, Wook Pyo; Choi, Yong Jun; Kim, Sung Joo

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2006;47(8):1233-1237.
Published online August 31, 2006.

The Effect of Nasal Cavity Abnormality Related to Surgical Success Rate of Endonasal Dacryocystorhinostomy.

Joung Mok Kim, Wook Pyo Hong, Yong Jun Choi, Sung Joo Kim

Myung-Gok Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Konyang University, Kim's Eye Hospital, Seoul, Korea. cybereyedoc@hanmail.net

비강내 이상의 유무가 코경유 눈물주머니코안연결술의 성공률에 미치는 영향

김정목,홍욱표,최용준,김성주

Myung-Gok Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Konyang University, Kim`s Eye Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: Joung Mok Kim, M.D.

Abstract

PURPOSE
To investigate the effect of a nasal cavity abnormality on the success rate of endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). METHODS: Two hundred seventy eyes of 230 patients who had undergone endonasal DCR from February 2003 to July 2004 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were classified into three groups after all were preoperatively examined by an otolaryngologist. Group A consisted of patients who had no nasal cavity abnormality; Group B, patients who had a nasal cavity abnormality and who received treatment; and Group C, patients with a nasal cavity abnormality but who received no treatment. RESULTS: The success rate of endonasal DCR were 83.9% in Group A, 87.5% in Group B, and 79.2% in Group C, with no statistical significance among the three groups (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The presence of a nasal cavity abnormality did not affect the success rate of endonasal DCR.

Key Words: Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy;Nasal cavity abnormality;Success rate