| Silicone Intubation for Canalicular or Common Canalicular Obstruction in Adult. |
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You Kyum Kim, Sang Un Oh, Ho Chun Lee |
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Department of Ophthalmology, Kon-Yang Univeristy College of Medicine, Korea. phaco@unitel.co.kr |
| 누소관 및 총누소관 폐쇄에서 실리콘관 삽입술의 효과 |
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김유겸(You Kyum Kim),오상언(Sang Un Oh),이호천(Ho Chun Lee) |
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| Abstract |
PURPOSE
Patients with canalicular or common canalicular obstruction have been treated by carrying out conjuctivodacryocystorhinostomy mainly through skin or the nasal cavity, but all sorts of defects attendant on an operation have been indicated. At this, the authors inquired into a result of a surgery and their satisfaction in a different viewpoint for silicone intubation. METHODS: We inquired into a result of a surgery and their satisfaction in a different viewpoint for 68 patients' 72 eyes who can be observed over 3 months among patients diagnosed as canalicular or common canalicular obstruction and operated on with silicone intubation as subject. RESULTS: After surgery, silicone tube was removed at average postoperative 5.8 months and we observed them for average 10.5 months. The result of operations showed that successful cases are 72.2% (52 eyes) and failing cases are 28.8% (20 eyes). CONCLUSION: For the cases with canalicular obstruction, especially common canalicular obstruction for short period, primary silicone intubation would be one of the ideal lacrimal surgery that should be explained the possible secondary conjuctivodacryocystorhinostomy later. |
| Key Words:
Canalicular or common canalicular obstruction;Silicone tube intubation;Epiphora |
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