THE EFFECT OF SILICONE INTUBATION ON FAILURE AND INFECTION-RATES AFTER DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY

Citation
Mj. Walland et Ge. Rose, THE EFFECT OF SILICONE INTUBATION ON FAILURE AND INFECTION-RATES AFTER DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY, Ophthalmic surgery, 25(9), 1994, pp. 597-600
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
0022023X
Volume
25
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
597 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-023X(1994)25:9<597:TEOSIO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Of 388 cases of dacryocystorhinostomy eligible for silicon intubation, intubation was used in 238 (61%) and not used in 150 (39%). The indic ations for intubation were canalicular disease or sac characteristics predisposing to failure. No significant difference was found in the ra te of failure (.5 < P < 1.0) or soft-tissue infection (.25 < P < .5) f or either primary or repeated surgery. Antibiotic prophylaxis did not alter these risks in relation to silicon intubation.