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Lacrimal drainage system endoscopic examination and surgery through the lacrimal punctum
Ivan O. Haefliger, Jean-Marcel Piffaretti · Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde · 2001 · Heft 05 · S. 384-387
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2001
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Abstract BACKGROUND To describe an approach to restore the physiological tear passages of an obstructed lacrimal drainage system with instruments introduced through one of the lacrimal punctum. METHOD In a first step a miniature endoscope (∅: 0.9, 1.1, 1.3 mm) is introduced in one of the lacrimal punctum to visualize the level, the extent, and the nature of an obstruction along the lacrimal drainage system. In a second step, the miniature endoscope is replaced by a lacrimal trephine (∅: 0.9, 1.1, 1.3 mm) that holds an optic fiber in its lumen, and the obstruction is removed under endoscopic visual control. The e…
Schlagworte
Tränenwegsendoskopie
Nasale Dakryozystorhinostomie
Epiphora
Dakryozystitis
Jone's Tubus
Tränenwegsstenose
Kanaliculusstenose
Kanalikulodakryozystorhinostomie
Lithiasis
Lacrimal endoscopy
nasal dacryocystorhinostomy
dacryocystitis
Jone's tube
lacrimal stenosis
canalicular stenosis
canaliculodacryocystorhinostomy -lithiasis
