dacryocystorhinotomy

[dak″re-o-sis″to-ri-not´ah-me]

passage of a probe through the lacrimal sac into the nasal cavity.

(dăk″rē-ō-sĭs″tō-rī-nŏt′ō-mē) [″ + ″ + ″ + tome, incision]

Surgical probing of the duct leading from a lacrimal sac into the nose.

References in periodicals archive ?

"Functional endoscopic transnasal dacryocystorhinotomy" Eye, 7: 545-549.

Er.h comparative external versus endoscopic dacryocystorhinotomy: results in 115 patients (130 eyes).

"Prospective randomized comparison of endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinotomy & external dacryocystorhinotomy".

Persistent postoperative epiphora was corrected with dacryocystorhinotomy (DCR).

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