title: Long-term results of intranasal laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy with the use of a surgical microscope.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To address the long-term results of our method that combines intranasal laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy with the use of surgical microscope.
  
  
  METHODS
  The procedure is a modification of the West method. A retrospective series of the long-term results are presented in 105 patients that underwent 118 DCR procedures, over the past 6 years. Selection criteria were mainly acquired idiopathic nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  113 DCR cases (95.8%) were free of symptoms postoperatively (mean follow-up: 24 months).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our method when compared with traditional methods is correlated with excellent postoperative long-term results.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, 71414 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors: Emmanuel P
authors: EP
authors: Prokopakis
authors: Alexios S
authors: AS
authors: Vardouniotis
authors: Alexandros D
authors: AD
authors: Karatzanis
authors: Stylianos G
authors: SG
authors: Malandrakis
authors: Charalambos S
authors: CS
authors: Siganos
authors: George A
authors: GA
authors: Velegrakis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult