Mumtaz Hussain, Saleem Akhtar, M Afzal Chaudhry, Nawab Din.
Close Intubation of Lacrimal Drainage System in Children.
Ann King Edward Med Uni Jan ;4(3):68-70.

A retrospective study was conducted at Eye Deptt. Lahore General Hospital Lahore for epiphora in children . We performed closed intubation in 19 children where syrninging and probing had failed twice at least. All the patients were done under General Anesthesia. In three patients we had collaboration of ENT surgeon. We had success rate of 84.2 %. Our procedure failed in three patients, we had to do dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) in one 8 year old patient. The rest of the two patient had no relief of epiphore and discharge.

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