title: [Stent implantation and balloon dilatation in the treatment of stenosis and obstruction of the lacrimal apparatus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate treatment of epiphora caused by obstructions of the nasolacrimal duct system with balloon dilatation and stent implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  28 dacryocystoplasties were performed in 20 patients with complete (n = 7) or incomplete (n = 13) obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dacryocystoplasty was technically successful performed in 26 cases (93%). Recanalisation was not achieved in two patients with complete obstructions. 17 patients showed complete or partial resolution of epiphora during follow-up of up to two years (clinical success 85%). Complete reobstruction occurred only in one patient 9 months after balloon dilatation and recanalisation was not possible.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With a technical success rate of 93% and a clinical success rate of 85% dacryocystoplasty is a non-operative alternative for treatment of epiphora caused by obstructions of the nasolacrimal duct system.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Universitätsklinik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Textor
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Böker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strunk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schild
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002404:Catheterization; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors