Silicone Intubation for Obstruction of the Nasolacrimal Duct in Children

Sleeves for fixation of Silastic nasolacrimal tubes.

“…1-7 To achieve this high r of success, the insertion of Silastic stents often required in a number of cases.7-10 Th tubes have been associated with a variety minor complications including both upw prolapse and medial 'cheesewiring' of tubes. The incidence of upward prolapse of tubes varies between 10-17% of cases althoi higher rates have been reported.8 [11][12][13] Vari4 methods for fixing in place, repositioning, extracting the tubes have been described.9 1 The tubes have been fixed simply by knott the tubing several times, suturing the two lo' ends of the tubes together, or anchoring th with silicone strips.…”

Silicone Tube Intubation in Adults With Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction and in Children With Failed Probing

“…Various authors have reported 90 -100 % result in children with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In this study the success rate in adults is 84.9%. In literature the success rate in adults varies from 60% to 75.9% depending on the period of follow up.…”

Monocanalicular and bicanalicular silicone tube intubation results in patients with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction

“…For example, Kraft et al [24] reported a success rate of 80.3% in cases of bicanalicular tube administration; Lee et al, [25] reported a 98% success rate; Aggarwal et al [26] reported an 89% success rate; and Dortzbach et al [27] reported a success rate of 82.5%. Yüksel et al, [28] in their study, had a 68.9% success rate in the group of patients who were between 24 months and 5 years of age, while Karadayı et al [29] reported a success rate of 93.9% in the 2 to 12 year-old age group.…”