Open AccessClinical Outcome of Probing in Infants with Acute Dacryocystitis – A Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Bhawesh Chandra Saha,
Rashmi Kumari,
Bibhuti Prassan Sinha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/29033.10295
Subject(s) - medicine , dacryocystitis , cellulitis , lacrimal sac , surgery , dacryocystorhinostomy , prospective cohort study , nasolacrimal duct obstruction , orbital cellulitis , chronic dacryocystitis , cellulite , abscess
Acute dacryocystitis is an uncommon but serious condition in infants and needs immediate treatment. Although, medical management with systemic antibiotics remains the mainstay of initial treatment, there are recent studies justifying simultaneous Naso Lacrimal Duct (NLD) probing with acceptable success rate.