Kliniğimize Başvuran Lakrimal Kanalikül Travmalı Olguların Değerlendirilmesi

Objectives: To retrospectively evaluate the patients who presented to our clinic with lacrimal canalicular injury.\udMaterials and Methods: In this study, we included 20 patients who presented to the Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical\udFaculty, Department of Ophthalmology, with lacrimal canalicular injury between September 2010 and October 2012. Epidemiological\uddata, mode of the injury, period between the injury and surgical repair, surgical technique, and outcomes were analyzed retrospectively\udfrom the patient records.\udResults: Mean age of the patients was 19.35±9.5 years. 85% of patients were male and 15% were female. The most common cause\udof injury was metallic foreign bodies (30% of patients). Injuries with plants, trees, and wooden objects, glass, animal hits, and injuries\udassociated with falling down are the other causes, respectively. Of the 20 patients, 14 had isolated lower canalicular injury (70%), 4\udhad upper canalicular injury (20%), and the remaining 2 had both lower and upper canalicular injury. Monocanalicular intubation was\udperformed in 16 cases, and bicanalicular in tubation was performed in 1 case. Postoperatively, none of the patients had epiphora.\udConclusion: Canalicular injuries are ophthalmologic emergencies affecting all age groups, especially children and teenagers. Canalicular\udintubation is necessary in the surgical repair, and monocanalicular or bicanalicular techniques can be performed according to the patient\udcharacteristics and the experience of the surgeon. In our clinic, monocanalicular intubation is mostly performed in isolated lower or upper\udcanalicular injuries, and successful results were achieved with this technique. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2014; 44: 219-22