Stentimplantation und Ballondilatation zur Therapie von Stenosen und Verschlüssen des Tränenapparates

Abstract

With a technical success rate of 93% and a clinical success rate of 85% dacryocystoplasty is a non-operative alternative for treatment of epiphora caused by obstructions of the nasolacrimal duct system.

Balloon Catheter Dilatation of Common Canaliculus Stenoses

“…Fluoroscopically guided transluminal balloon dacryocystoplasty has been proven successful in the treatment of postsaccal stenosis of the nasolacrimal system (Song et al, 1996;Wilhelm et al, 1997Wilhelm et al, , 1999Wilhelm et al, , 2000. This procedure, however, was originally thought to be contraindicated for canalicular stenoses because it posed too great a risk of lacerating the canaliculi or tearing the puncta (Berkefeld et al, 1997;Fries et al, 1995).…”

The polyurethane nasolacrimal duct stent for lower tear duct obstruction: long-term success rate and complications

“…After 6 months only 55% of the patients were free of symptoms, and after 1 year and 2 years 16% of the patients had undergone a secondary conventional procedure and 28% still had some kind of symptoms. Others have reported a much better success rate with this technique [1,4,5,8].…”