The Results of Pigtail Probe Canalicullar Reconstruction Surgery with Silicone Tube and Methylcellulose
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
;
: 1178-1182, 1993.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
We performed simple and successful canalicular reconstruction with smooth tip pigtail probe in 56 cases of inferior canalicular laceration. After general anesthesia or local anesthesia in inferior and superior canthal area, upper lacrimal sac area and lacerated inferior eyelid, methylcellulose mixed fluorescein was injected through the superior canaliculus under the surgical microscope with cobalt blue filter and simply found cutting end of the inferior canalicullus. Smooth tip pigtail probe was inserted and silicone stent was connected the superior and inferior canaliculi and the peri canalicular sheath was sutured with and to end anastomosis. Silicone tube was removed after postoperative 8 weeks and 86% of the patients(48/56 cases) was successful without epiphora. Smooth tip pigtail probe, methylcellulose mixed fluorescein, silicone stent, and end to end anastomosis of pericanalicular sheath under the surgical microscope would increase the success rate of pigtail probe canalicular reconstruction.
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Main subject:
Silicones
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Stents
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Cobalt
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Fluorescein
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Lacerations
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Eyelids
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Anesthesia, General
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Anesthesia, Local
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Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases
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Methylcellulose
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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