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CANNULA‐PROBING COMBINED WITH NASAL PROCEDURE FOR DACRYOCYSTITIS NEONATORUM
Author(s) -
KORCHMAROS IMRE,
SZALAY EDIT
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1978.tb05688.x
Subject(s) - cannula , medicine , ostium , surgery , lacrimal sac , meatus , lacrimal duct , dacryocystitis , nasolacrimal duct , nasal cavity
Between 1973–1976 a total of 2063 cases of dacryocystitis neonatorum have been treated by cannula‐probing in our department. In 37 cases the cannula‐probing had to be combined with a nasal procedure for opening the closed nasolacrimal membrane: a periosteal elevator was passed into the inferior meatus of the nasal cavity and its tip was rubbed against the tip of the cannula‐probe through the imperforate mucosa of the ostium. The patency of the duct was tested by simultaneous syringing. In 35 cases the lacrimal pathway became permanently patent after one nasal procedure and in 2 cases after two operations. This kind of nasal procedure is indicated: 1) in those cases where the cannula‐probing meets with resistance at the ostium; 2) in those cases where control syringing ‐ made while slowly withdrawal the cannula‐probe ‐ is repeatedly unsuccessful at the beginning of the withdrawal.