Mushtaq Ahmad, Ruqia Fida, Noor Nasir Khattak, Israr Ahmed Akhund.
Management of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction with Massaging and Probing Without General Anesthesia.
Med Forum Jan ;2(6):43-4.

Management of congenital nasolarcimal duct obstruction with massaging and probing without general anesthesia. Study design: Retrospective as well as prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in the out patients department of DHQ teaching hospital charsadda for the period of nine months between 2010 and 2011. Patients and Methods: Total number of children/infants was fifty. All suspected patients were carefully examined and divided into two groups. Statistically analysis was done by student’s “t” table. Results: When results were summed up and test parameters were separated it was seen that the success rate with sample massaging and use of topical antibiotic was 90% at the end of nine months. Five infants improved with single probing. Conclusion: Infantile epiphora due to nasolacrimal duct obstruction generally cured with auto canalization/ massaging with topical antibiotics at the age of 5 months. The 2nd thing in this study that we can use topical anesthetic agent instead of exposing the infant to the hazard and the complication of general anesthesia.

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