TY - JOUR ID - 55380 TI - EFFICACY OF DIODE LASER TRANSCANALICULAR DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED NASOLACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION JO - Basrah Journal of Surgery JA - BSURG LA - en SN - 1683-3589 AU - Zuhair Al-Asadi, Salah AU - Muhammed Al-Abbasy, Ahmed AD - Y1 - 2011 PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 64 EP - 68 DO - 10.33762/bsurg.2011.55380 N2 - This study designed to determine the surgical outcome of transcanalicular dacryocystorhinostomy for the treatment of blocked lacrimal pathway. This is a prospective study of 36 patients admitted in Basrah General Hospital from March 2008 to May 2010. The age of the patients was in range from 6 to 60yrs. Forty five (31.25%) were males and 99(68.75%) were females. All of these cases were unilateral. Thirty three (93.05%) of the total patients were operated general local anesthesia and the rest 3 (6.94%) were under local anesthesia. The overall success rate was 62.5% in non-intubated patients and 93.75% with intubation. It is concluded that Diode Laser Transcanalicular dacryocystorhinostomy is still a new surgical procedure for the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction and need further refinement of the surgical procedure and studies for evaluation of effectiveness and success. UR - https://bjsrg.uobasrah.edu.iq/article_55380.html L1 - https://bjsrg.uobasrah.edu.iq/article_55380_e33d0f49626079283d41e55427c705e0.pdf ER -