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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 46-48 |
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Impact of Flab Technique Versus Non-Flap Techniques on Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy
Fahd Alharbi1, Sherif Kamel2, Bassam El-Zuraiqi2
1 Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan; Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
MD Fahd Alharbi
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan; Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah
Saudi Arabia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/1319-8491.273920
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Objective: to compare the influence of flap versus non-flap technique on endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR).
Patients and Method: A prospective randomized trial in patients with bilateral nasolacrimal duct obstruction, comparing the two techniques to avoid inter-patient variability. We included all patients where bilateral epiphora, excluding unilateral, previously operated or recurrent cases.
Results: One hundred patients, fifty females and fifty males with bilateral epiphora due to naso-lacrimal duct obstruction were operated upon by EDCR with or without flap technique. Out of 100 EDCR procedures with flap technique, only 3 had recurrent epiphora with stenosis of the ostium on endoscopic examination and failed fluorescein dye test. In contrast, 4 procedures without flap failed as evident by recurrent epiphora, endoscopic and fluorescein dye test criteria.
Conclusion: There is no difference between DCR with flap preservation and flap removal in success rate but the preservation of both lacrimal and mucosal flaps aids in reducing the post-operative granuloma development.
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