Vol.100 No.12 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 100 No. 12 December 2007
Light-guided Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy
Satoshi Ohno
(Osaka Red Cross Hospital)
Makoto Miura
(Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Kazuyuki Ichimaru and Kiyohiro Fujino
(Toyo-oka Hospital)
We performed endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy to treat idiopathic naso-lacrimal duct obstruction in 14 cases. The light guide facilitated adequate fenestration of the lacrimal sac safely and easily. All patients had successful outcomes without hyperlacrimation. For the treatment of idiopathic naso-lacrimal duct obstruction, light-guided endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy is considered more useful than external dacryocystorhinostomy.
Key words : light guide, endoscopic, dacryocystorhinostomy, naso-lacrimal duct obstruction