[Application of the Ritleng intubation lacrimal system for the surgical treatment of combined lesions of lacrimal passages].
A total of 46 patients suffering persistent lacrimation were available for examination. Chronic catarrhal dacryocystitis was diagnosed in 19 (41.3%) of them and chronic purulent dacryocystitis in the remaining 27 (58.7%). All the patients presented with lacrimal duct obstruction. Surgical treatment included mucroscopic endonasal canaliculocystorhinostomy with intubation of lacrimal passages using the Ritleng system. After the completion of the one-year dynamic follow-up period and removal of the stent from the lacrimal passages, results of the treatment were described as positive in 42 (91.3%) patients and as negative in 4 (8.7%) cases.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000601:surgery*; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult