Results of Endoscopic Dacryo cystorhinostomy

Choi, Woong Chul; Jung, Choong Ki

Abstract

The success rate of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy in epiphopa patients was evaluated. We anaylzed 57 patients, 62 cases from February 1997 to March 1998. Mean follow-up period was 7.17 months. There were 51 cases(82.3%) of female Causes of the disease were idiopathic(52 cases), trauma(3 cases) and congenital(3 cases). Primary success rate was 67.8% while total success rate was 80.6%. We used mitomycin C in 20 cases. Primary success rate in mitomycin C used group was 70.6% while total success rate was 95.0%. The success rate in mitomycin C used group was higher than that without mitomycin C. Endoscopic darcryocystorhinostomy has advantages such as less scar and short postoperarive recovery time but low success rate limits its use. However the success rate in endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy is incresasing due to surgical improvement and instrument development.