Introduction & Objective: The nasolacrimal duct obstruction is a
bothersome disorder that appears after acute or chronic
inflammation, trauma, tumor, surgery or congenital disorders. The
early treatment is irrigation or probing. If these methods were
unsuccessful, dacryocystorhinostomy can be done .The purpose of
this study was a comparison between the results of external vs
endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy, which is done in shiraz
university of medical sciences (Khalili hospital).
Materials & Methods: In this prospective study 46 patients who
suffered from primary nasolacrimal duct obstruction were operated
by endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy in Khalili hospital during 2001
to 2005. The results were compared with external
dacryocystorhinostomy as control group and analyzed by SPSS
using chi-square test.
Results: After 10-31 months (average 20 mo) 40 patients (87%)
cured completely and 60 patients (92.3%) among 65 patients of
control group cured completely. There was no statistically
significant difference between these two methods.
Conclusion: Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy has more benefit
in compare with external dacryocystorhinostomy because of less
trauma, no skin incision and less complications after surgery.
Hashemi S, Saluti R, Fahzadi A. Comparison between the Outcomes of External vs Endonasal Dacryocystorhinostomy in Shiraz Khalili Hospital. armaghanj 2008; 13 (2) :123-130 URL: http://armaghanj.yums.ac.ir/article-1-654-en.html