| Titel | Endoscopy of lacrymal duct |
| Abstract Nr. | 110 |
| Doel | The study presents a new technique for the examination of the lacrymal duct, i.e. the endoscopy. It demonstrates the advantages and permits to open up new ways to act on the lacrymal duct. |
| Methodes | Perspectively 40 eyes of 22 patients with clear pathology: epiphora, chronic or acute dacryocystitis, stenosis were examined and operated by means of endoscopy between april 2005 and august 2005. All the patients were operated by a single surgeon in Mechelen Belgium. All patients were pre- and post- operatively examined radiologically by means of a CT-scan of the lacrymal duct by contrast and also rinse of the lacrymal duct with fysiological serum. |
| Resultaten | In all the cases of pre- or postsacale partial or total stenosis, ephiphora, and dacryocystitis , after endoscopy of the lacrymal duct we had an average successrate of 100% for presacale and 80,64% for postsacale stenosis. |
| Conclusie | The endoscopy of the lacrymal duct is an excellent atraumatic simple and unexpensive examination technique in the lacrymal pathology and can be an interesting alternative for dacryocystorhinography and the dacryocystorhinostomy. |
| Naam | JAVDANI |
| Initialen | Z |
| Instituut | Dept of Ophtalmology of Dodoens Hospital |
| Stad | Mechelen |
| Naam | PIFFARETI |
| Initialen | JM |
| Stad | Switzerland |