title: Soft tissue conjunctivo-rhinostomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the results of implantation of a tubular prosthesis between the medial palpebral canthus and the nasal fossa, through the soft tissues of the face, in cases of irrecuperable damage of the lacrimal canaliculi.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty eyes with canalicular destruction were operated, placing a silicone and Pyrex tubular prosthesis between the lacrimal caruncle and the nasal vestibulum, running almost vertically through the soft tissues of the face, without osteal perforation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lacrimal flow was restored in 47 cases. There were three cases of dislocation of the prosthesis, three infections and five papillomata.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vertical conjunctivo-rhinostomy without osteal perforation is an easy and efficient solution for irrecuperable occluded canaliculi.
authors.affiliation: University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murube
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rojo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chenzhuo
mesh_terms: D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery*; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000378:metabolism; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D013666:Tears / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers