title: [Dacryocystorhinostomia externa. Technique, indications and results].
abstract: In a retrospective study on the years 1978-1989, the data we obtained on 1014 operative procedures of external dacryocystorhinostomy at the University Eye Hospital in Münster showed an age distribution of 2-93 years with a maximum in the 5th to the 7th decade (average 53.2 years) and a sex relationship of 61% females and 39% males. In the etiology of dacryostenosis, 60% of the patients had recurrent chronic dacryocystitis, 32% history of acute dacryocystitis, 7% facial trauma and less than 1% of the cases (n = 5) tumor diseases. The functional success rate was 85% in a postoperative follow-up period of 1-11 years (average 35.6 months). No serious intra- or postoperative complications were seen.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik, Städtische Kliniken Darmstadt.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Emmerich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Busse
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Meyer-Rüsenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Dacryocystorhinostomia externa. Technik, Indikationen und Ergebnisse.