ComparisonoftheextrusionrateofCrawfordtubes
摘要: ·AIM:Tocomparetheoutcomesofdacryocystorhinostomy(DCR)usingtraditionalCrawfordtubes(TCT)andCrawfordtubeswithsuture(CTS)inthelumen.·METHODS:RetrospectivecaseseriesconsistingofpatientswhounderwentDCRbetween2008and2013.·RESULTS:Atotalof61DCRswereperformedon50patients.PatientswhounderwentDCRusingCTShadhigherratesofprolapsecomparedtotheTCTgroup(50%vs9.4%;P=0.003).StentremovaloccurredearlierinpatientswhoreceivedCTS(3.3movs5.1mo;P=0.004).Successrateswereequivalentbetweenthetwogroups(75%vs81.1%;P=0.684).·CONCLUSION:CTSinthelumenincreasestheriskofprolapse,promptingearliertuberemovalinpatientsfollowingDCRfornasolacrimalductobstruction(NLDO).Earlierremovaloftubesdoesnotappeartosignificantlydecreasesuccessrates. ...
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