Clinical Experience of Monocanaliculonasal Stent in Canalicular Laceration.

Byon, Doseok; Kim, Young Jae; Shyn, Kyung Hwan

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(7):1079-1083.
Published online July 1, 1995.

Clinical Experience of Monocanaliculonasal Stent in Canalicular Laceration.

Doseok Byon, Young Jae Kim, Kyung Hwan Shyn

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

누소관 열창환자에서 Monocanaliculonasal Stent 의 임상 경험

변도석(Do Seok Byon),김영제(Young Jae Kim),신경환(Kyung Hwan Shyn)

Abstract

Repairing of canalicular laceration has some controversies on the golden timing of surgery, the suture method, the materials of stent, and the need of repairing the upper canaliculus in case of involving upper canaliculus. Until recently, reconstruction of the canaliculus with a bicanalicular silicone stent has been accepted as the most reasonable method. But the bicanalicular stent has some disadvantages including cosmetic problem and the possibility of injuries to the normal canaliculus during intubation. The authors used newly developed monocanaliculonasal stents in nine patients with traumatic canalicular laceration and it showed the absence of epiphora the cosmetically superiority, and the simplicity of intubation, compared with bicanalicualr silicone stent.

Key Words: Canalicular laceration;Reconstruction of the canaliculus;Silicone bicanalicular stent;Monocanaliculonasal stent