title: [Results of 589 dacryocystorhinostomies from 1960 to 1979 (author's transl)].
abstract: A report of 589 dacryocystorhinostomies performed over a period of 19 1/4 years using a modified Dupuy-Dutemps technique. The operation can be performed at any age and has a provisional success rate of 96.08%. In a control series of 93 eyes between two months and 16.8 years we recorded a 90.32% success rate in the lacrimal ducts on which surgery had been performed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen bei 589 Operationen an den tränenabführenden Wegen von 1960 bis 1979.