“…Whereas, success rates for En-DCR reported vary from 74 to 100%, but may be complicated by nasal bleeding, nasal osteotomy scarring, granuloma, osteotomyturbinate/septal synechiae, CSF-rhinorrhea, and damage to the orbital contents. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Purpose of our study is to compare and analyze the surgical outcome of both Ex-DCR and En-DCR, in terms of their success, failure, and complications in a retrospective way, in our tertiary referral center of northern India. Patients and Methods: After obtaining approval from the Hospital medical ethics committee, retrospective data were collected, on patients who underwent DCR, for a period of two years from October 2013 to September 2015, at our medical college of north India.…”