[Treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with probing in children younger than 4 years].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of nasolacrimal duct probing as the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children younger than 4 years.


METHODS
A total amount of 320 eyes in 275 children 4 to 48 months old, receiving nasolacrimal duct probing were enrolled in a retrospective study. The patients were divided into 4 groups depends on age: I group--4-12 months, II group--12-24 months, III group--24-36 months and IV group--36-48 months.


RESULTS
The percentage of efficient duct probing was: in I group--84%, in II group--79%, in III group--78% and in IV group--59%.


CONCLUSIONS
In children 4 to 36 months old, probing is a successful treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with no decline in treatment success with increasing age.
Z Kliniki Okulistyki Dzieciecej z Ośodkiem Leczenia Zeza Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Białymstoku. malgorzata.mrugacz@umwb.edu.pl
Małgorzata
M
Mrugacz
Danuta
D
Sielicka
Alina
A
Bakunowicz-Łazarczyk
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000151:congenital*; D008297:Male; D009301:Nasolacrimal Duct / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011044:Poland; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome