title: Computerized survey of lacrimal surgery patients.
abstract: A computerized survey of 295 patients undergoing lacrimal drainage surgery within a three-year period where a six-month follow-up was possible was undertaken. The etiology and demographic information regarding tear duct obstruction was assessed. Dacryocystorhinostomy surgery was found to be highly successful (93%), in obstructions of the lacrimal sac and lacrimal duct. The overall success rate in patients with canalicular and common canalicular obstruction undergoing a reconstructive approach was 73%, and those cases where an attempt was made to relieve epiphora with the insertion of a Jones bypass tube had a success rate of 65% on one operation. Most of these Jones tube patients could ultimately be rendered tear-free.
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology; D003201:Computers; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000601:surgery*; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation