title: Treatment of the lacrimal excretory system after resection of medial canthal and eyelid tumors.
abstract: A simplified method of lacrimal excretory system repair is presented. If part of a canaliculus is resected during removal of an eyelid tumor, the remaining section of the canaliculus can be exteriorized to the lacrimal lake. A silicone tube is threaded into the canaliculus and allowed to remain in place for one to two weeks. If both canaliculi and the common canaliculus are removed during resection for a medial canthal tumor, a silicone tube can be threaded into the nasolacrimal duct and brought out the area of the medial canthal angle. Conjunctiva which is wrapped around the tube can then form a new drainage canal into the remainder of the lacrimal excretory system.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D007440:Intubation; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000601:surgery*; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000601:surgery*; D012828:Silicones; D013524:Surgical Flaps
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones