dacryocystorhinostomy

[dak″re-o-sis″to-ri-nos´tah-me]

surgical creation of an opening between the lacrimal sac and nasal cavity.

dac·ry·o·cys·to·rhi·nos·to·my

(dak'rē-ō-sis'tō-rī-nos'tō-mē),

An operation providing an anastomosis between the lacrimal sac and the nasal mucosa through an opening in the lacrimal bone.

[dacryocyst + G. rhis (rhin-), nose, + stoma, mouth]

dacryocystorhinostomy

/dac·ryo·cys·to·rhi·nos·to·my/ (-sis″to-ri-nos´tah-me) surgical creation of an opening between the lacrimal sac and nasal cavity.

dacryocystorhinostomy

(dăk′rē-ō-sĭs′tə-rī-nŏs′tə-mē)

The surgical opening of a passage for drainage from the lacrimal sac into the nasal cavity.

dacryocystorhinostomy

[dak′rē·ōsis′tôrīnos′təmē]

Etymology: Gk, dakryon + kytis, bag, rhis, nose, stoma, mouth

a surgical procedure for restoring drainage into the nose from the lacrimal sac when the nasolacrimal duct is obstructed.

dac·ry·o·cys·to·rhi·nos·to·my

(dak'rē-ō-sis'tō-rī-nos'tŏ-mē)

An operation providing an anastomosis between the lacrimal sac and the nasal mucosa through an opening in the lacrimal bone.

[dacryocyst + G. rhis (rhin-), nose, + stoma, mouth]

dacryocystorhinostomy

An operation to provide a new passage from the LACRIMAL SAC, through the lacrimal bone, to the inside of the nose so as to re-establish tear drainage when the nasolacrimal duct is blocked. Formerly done by cutting bone through an incision near the bridge of the nose, the procedure is now being performed using a laser probe via the nostril and a light source via a tear duct. This is called endonasal laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy.

Dacryocystorhinostomy

A surgical procedure to drain the tear sac into the nasal passage.

Mentioned in: Dacryocystitis

dacryocystorhinostomy

surgical creation of an opening between the lacrimal sac and nasal cavity.

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Functional endoscopic transnasal dacryocystorhinostomy.

Analysis of 34 cases of endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy--surgical success and patient satisfaction, a case series, our experience

A 16-year study of conjunctival dacryocystorhinostomy.

Medial Canthoplasty Combined with Conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy for the Treatment of Delayed Medial Telecanthal Deformity

Prospective randomized comparison of mitomycin C application in endoscopic and external dacryocystorhinostomy.

Prevention of Intraabdominal Adhesions: An Experimental Study Using Mitomycin-C and 4% Icodextrin

Rhinolithiasis: A very late complication after dacryocystorhinostomy with rubber-gum and polyethylene stenting.

A 44-year-old rhinolith: a case report and review of the literature

Although endoscopic sinus surgery was originally intended to address the ostiomeatal complex in sinusitis, (1) its use has extended to other indications, including dacryocystorhinostomy, (2) pituitary gland surgery, (3) and excision of sinonasal tumors.

Endoscopic modified Lothrop approach for the excision of bilateral frontal sinus tumors

Objectives: To determine the outcome and complications of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy without stenting at Ziauddin University Hospital, Keamari, Karachi, Pakistan.

Outcome and complications of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy without stenting

Some ophthalmological surgeries, such as, flap extraction, that is, removal of a cataract by making a flap in the cornea, antiglaucomatous sclerectomy and dacryocystorhinostomy are fraught with profuse hemorrhage exhibiting dependencies on changes in hemostasis parameters, including prothrombin time, thrombin clotting time and number of platelets.

Blood clotting in oil and gas facility workmen diagnosed with cataract, glaucoma and dacryocystitis

Diode laser transcanalicular dacryocystorhinostomy with or without silicon tube insertion was done.

Efficacy of diode laser transcanalicular dacryocystorhinostomy in acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction

provides a manual for ophthalmologists, oculofacial plastic fellows, residents, ENT-facial plastic surgeons, and general plastic surgeons that contains 51 chapters detailing the best and most up-to-date ocular plastic procedures for various clinical situations and regions, including trauma, eyelid malpositions and flaps, and cosmetic, congenital and acquired ptosis, facial nerve dysfunction, and orbital surgery, with new sections on sinus surgery, face fillers, midface lifts, Asian bletharoplasty, endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy, and Naugle-Levine lid reconstruction procedure.

Manual of oculoplastic surgery, 4th ed

Other endoscopic procedures replacing the more conventional open procedures include endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) for epiphora (watery eye due to nasolacrimal duct obstruction), orbital decompression for Graves' orbitopathy, optic nerve decompression, drainage of fronto-ethmoidal mucoceles and external fronto-ethmoidectomies for persistent frontal sinus disease.

Advances in endoscopic sinonasal and anterior skull base surgery

It can range from endoscopic septoplasty, turbinoplasty and functional endoscopic sinus surgery to advanced surgery like endoscopic orbital and optic nerve decompression, endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy and endoscopic skull base approaches.