title: [Dacryocystorhinostomy together with temporary intubation of lacrimal canaliculi as a method of treatment of lacrimal duct obstruction].
abstract: The purpose of the study was to present the results of treatment of lacrimal ducts obstruction. The authors describe the advantages of temporary intubation of lacrimal canaliculus with simultaneous dacryocystorhinostomy. Additionally, they prove the harmfulness for probing the lacrimal ducts in adults and describe reasons of unsuccessful operations of dacryocystorhinostomy. The findings have been based on 44 operations within a four-year period.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Okulistycznego Szpitala Czerniakowskiego w Warszawie.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chimkowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Filipowicz-Banachowa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation