Open AccessEndoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy
Author(s) -
Milanko Milojević,
Sinisa Avramovic,
Bratislav Kostic,
Jelena Sotirović,
Aleksandar Perić
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp1006463m
Subject(s) - medicine , dacryocystorhinostomy , surgery , dacryocystitis , endoscopy , nose , retrospective cohort study , nasolacrimal duct
Intensive epiphora (lacrimal apparatus disease) can make difficult daily routine and cause ocular refraction disturbances. In most cases ethiology is unknown, rarely occurs after nose surgical procedures, face fractures, in Wegener granulomatosis, sarcoidosis and malignancies. The aim of this study was to evaluate efficacy of endonasal endoscopic surgical procedure with the conventional surgical instruments in treatment of nasolacrimal obstructions.