Syringing and probing results for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted to study the results of syringing and probing technique for treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction from the data collection, recorded at Eye Operation Theater and clinics for the patients treated by the said technique. Retrospective Cross-sectional study technique was used. From January 2003 to December 2005. In the study 90 respondents were included with age from six months to five years of both sexes, observed at DHQ Hospital Faisalabad and authors clinics and the data were analyzed by using SPSS package, version 12. Almost 93% of the cases were found to be symptom free at the end of follow up, showing the technique used was one of the best techniques for the said clinical problem: