Abstract
3/2010
vol. 112
Original paper
Treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with probing in children younger than 4 years
- Z Kliniki Okulistyki Dziecięcej z Ośrodkiem Leczenia Zeza Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Białymstoku
Online publish date: 2010/10/12
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of nasolacrimal duct probing as the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children
younger than 4 years.
Material and methods: A total amount of 320 eyes in 275 children 4 to 48 months old, receiving nasolacrimal duct probing were
enrolled in a retrospective study. The patients were divided into 4 groups depends on age: I group – 4-12 months, II group – 12-
-24 months, III group – 24-36 months and IV group – 36-48 months.
Results: The percentage of efficient duct probing was: in I group – 84%, in II group – 79%, in III group – 78% and in IV group
– 59%.
Conclusions: In children 4 to 36 months old, probing is a successful treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with no decline
in treatment success with increasing age.
younger than 4 years.
Material and methods: A total amount of 320 eyes in 275 children 4 to 48 months old, receiving nasolacrimal duct probing were
enrolled in a retrospective study. The patients were divided into 4 groups depends on age: I group – 4-12 months, II group – 12-
-24 months, III group – 24-36 months and IV group – 36-48 months.
Results: The percentage of efficient duct probing was: in I group – 84%, in II group – 79%, in III group – 78% and in IV group
– 59%.
Conclusions: In children 4 to 36 months old, probing is a successful treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with no decline
in treatment success with increasing age.
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