title: Endonasal endoscopic treatment of recurrent dacryocystitis.
abstract: This report assessed clinical conditions leading to recurrent dacryocystitis and success rates of its treatment by endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy. Forty-eight patients with recurrent dacryocystitis underwent endonasal endoscopic surgery and were followed up for at least 6 months. High bone windows, small bone window openings, small lacrimal sac stomas, scar tissues, and organic diseases of the nasal cavity led to fistula closure. Out of 48 patients, 45 (93.8%) patients were cured by endonasal endoscopic surgery. Endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy is beneficial for recurrent dacryocystitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Yan Tai Yu Huang Ding Hospital, Yan Tai, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Huimin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yunfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yitao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Qingzu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Wenyu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Di
authors.forename: Baocai
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000601:surgery*; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D004724:Endoscopy; D004998:Ethiodized Oil / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004998:Ethiodized Oil