title: Endonasal laser dacryocystorhinostomy under direct vision.
abstract: We describe a method of endonasal laser dacryocystorhinostomy, using a neodynium-YAG laser, whose ease of performance should make it attractive to general ophthalmologists as an alternative to the routine external approach. A small series of 6 patients were investigated 6 months after surgery and a patent drainage system was revealed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome