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Endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy: how to achieve optimal results with simple punch technique

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Endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EEDCR) has been popularized as a minimally invasive technique. Although preliminary reports revealed less success in comparison with external approaches, recent endonasal endoscopic surgeries on various types of DCR have preserved advantages of this technique while diminishing the failures. We described our experience on EEDCR, including the main advantages and disadvantages of it. Hundred consecutive cases of lachrymal problems underwent EEDCR utilizing simple punch removal of bone, instead of powered instrumentation or lasers. The medial aspect of the sac was removed in all of patients, while preserving normal mucosa around the sac. Hundred cases of EEDCR were performed on 81 patients, with 19 bilateral procedures. Nine procedures were performed under local anesthesia. Based on a mean 14 months follow-up, 95 cases were free of symptoms, revealing 95% success rate. The punch technique diminishes the expenses of powered or laser instrumentation with comparable results. It seems that preserving normal tissues and creating a patent rhinostomy with least surgical trauma and less subsequent scar, plays the most important role in achieving desirable results.

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  1. Rhinology Research Society, Tehran, Iran

    Mohsen Naraghi, Sayed Ziaeddin Tabatabaii Mohammadi, Alain Fabrice Sontou, Armin Farajzadeh Deroee & Masoud Boroojerdi

  2. Division of Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mohsen Naraghi

  3. Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mohsen Naraghi

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Sayed Ziaeddin Tabatabaii Mohammadi

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    Mohsen Naraghi

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Naraghi, M., Tabatabaii Mohammadi, S.Z., Sontou, A.F. et al. Endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy: how to achieve optimal results with simple punch technique. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 269, 1445–1449 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-011-1825-2

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