title: Dacryocystantrostomy. A preliminary report.
abstract: A new operative technique is described in which the lacrimal sac is drained into the maxillary sinus. The advantages of the procedure, especially of avoiding a facial incision, are emphasized. Five patients suffering from long-standing epiphora underwent surgery. Two patients had chronic dacryocystitis. Two other patients presented with a mucocele of the lacrimal sac. In the fifth patient, there was obstruction in the nasolacrimal duct. Short term follow-up results suggest its usefulness as a first line of surgical treatment in cases of epiphora due to obstruction in the lacrimal sac or the naso-lacrimal duct.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000601:surgery; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000601:surgery; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000601:surgery