Ritleng Intubation System for Treatment of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction

Evaluation of Functional Outcome of Silicone Intubation on Patency of Lacrimal System in Canalicular Obstruction and Revision Surgeries

“…The success rates reported for silicone intubation range from 69% to 100% in various studies. [13][14][15][16] The 94.5% success rate noted in the present study is entirely comparable to these previously reported results. (Table 4-comparison of success rate) …”

Evaluation of Functional Outcome of Silicone Intubation on Patency of Lacrimal System in Canalicular Obstruction and Revision Surgeries

“…The success rates reported for silicone intubation range from 69% to 100% in various studies. [13][14][15][16] The 94.5% success rate noted in the present study is entirely comparable to these previously reported results. (Table 4-comparison of success rate) …”

Balloon dacryocystoplasty and monocanalicular intubation with Monoka tubes in the treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction

“…Children older than 1 year old in this study were all free of epiphora, but the success rate for patients less than 1 year old was 66.7%. The results are similar to those from previous studies [8,[26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

“…The success rate was 97%, which was slightly better than those reported in previous studies with balloon DCP or silicone intubation only [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][28][29][30][31]. It seems that combined use of balloon DCP and monocanalicular Monoka intubation might increase the success rate of treating congenital NLDO after failed initial probing.…”

“…Complications of bicanalicular tubing in the medical literature included punctal stretching, corneal abrasion, tube dislodgement, tube-associated infection, granuloma formation, fistula formation, and retained tube after severance of the canthal loop [8,[26][27][28][29][30][31]. Fortunately, no significant complication was encountered except early tube dislodgement in 17% of eyes in this study.…”

Nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children: Outcome of intubation

“…11 The 85% success for our series of 122 cases compares favorably with the previously reported success rates that have ranged from 68% to 97% for bicanalicular silicone intubation in the treatment of congenital NLDO. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Table 6 compared the results of our study with previous studies. Children with Down syndrome are reported to obtain poor outcomes with simple probing with or without silicone intubation.…”

Evaluation of Functional Outcome of Silicone Intubation on Patency of Lacrimal System in Canalicular Obstruction and Revision Surgeries

“…The success rates reported for silicone intubation range from 69% to 100% in various studies. [13][14][15][16] The 94.5% success rate noted in the present study is entirely comparable to these previously reported results. (Table 4-comparison of success rate) …”

Balloon dacryocystoplasty and monocanalicular intubation with Monoka tubes in the treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction

“…Children older than 1 year old in this study were all free of epiphora, but the success rate for patients less than 1 year old was 66.7%. The results are similar to those from previous studies [8,[26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

“…The success rate was 97%, which was slightly better than those reported in previous studies with balloon DCP or silicone intubation only [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][28][29][30][31]. It seems that combined use of balloon DCP and monocanalicular Monoka intubation might increase the success rate of treating congenital NLDO after failed initial probing.…”

“…Complications of bicanalicular tubing in the medical literature included punctal stretching, corneal abrasion, tube dislodgement, tube-associated infection, granuloma formation, fistula formation, and retained tube after severance of the canthal loop [8,[26][27][28][29][30][31]. Fortunately, no significant complication was encountered except early tube dislodgement in 17% of eyes in this study.…”

Nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children: Outcome of intubation

“…11 The 85% success for our series of 122 cases compares favorably with the previously reported success rates that have ranged from 68% to 97% for bicanalicular silicone intubation in the treatment of congenital NLDO. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Table 6 compared the results of our study with previous studies. Children with Down syndrome are reported to obtain poor outcomes with simple probing with or without silicone intubation.…”

Evaluation of Functional Outcome of Silicone Intubation on Patency of Lacrimal System in Canalicular Obstruction and Revision Surgeries

“…The success rates reported for silicone intubation range from 69% to 100% in various studies. [13][14][15][16] The 94.5% success rate noted in the present study is entirely comparable to these previously reported results. (Table 4-comparison of success rate) …”

Balloon dacryocystoplasty and monocanalicular intubation with Monoka tubes in the treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction

“…Children older than 1 year old in this study were all free of epiphora, but the success rate for patients less than 1 year old was 66.7%. The results are similar to those from previous studies [8,[26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

“…The success rate was 97%, which was slightly better than those reported in previous studies with balloon DCP or silicone intubation only [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][28][29][30][31]. It seems that combined use of balloon DCP and monocanalicular Monoka intubation might increase the success rate of treating congenital NLDO after failed initial probing.…”

“…Complications of bicanalicular tubing in the medical literature included punctal stretching, corneal abrasion, tube dislodgement, tube-associated infection, granuloma formation, fistula formation, and retained tube after severance of the canthal loop [8,[26][27][28][29][30][31]. Fortunately, no significant complication was encountered except early tube dislodgement in 17% of eyes in this study.…”

Nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children: Outcome of intubation

“…11 The 85% success for our series of 122 cases compares favorably with the previously reported success rates that have ranged from 68% to 97% for bicanalicular silicone intubation in the treatment of congenital NLDO. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Table 6 compared the results of our study with previous studies. Children with Down syndrome are reported to obtain poor outcomes with simple probing with or without silicone intubation.…”