Modified new technique of dacryocystorhinostomy [DCR]

ABSTRACT

The results of new fashioned technique of D C R for treatment of chronic dacryocystitis in adults, using motorised dental bur were reviewed. The planning for surgical intervension had been decided after failed repeated probing. Relief of epiphora and discharge was achieved in 90% of patients underwent initial D.C.R. This method of dacryocystorhinostomy with insertion of urologic catheter in the osteotomy window was effective, less time consuming secondary procedure in whom probing was unsuccessful