Abrar Ali, Tabassum Ahmed.
Dacryocystorhinostomy (A review of 51 cases).
Pak J Ophthalmol Jan ;17(4):122-8.

This is a retrospective study of 51 cases of dacryocystorhinostomy, which were done in 48 patients. There were three bilateral cases. Included in this study were five (10.4%) male and 43 (89.6%) female patients. Most of patients were between 30 years and 50 year of age. Operations were done with external approach. Majority of surgeries (92.2%) were done under general anaesthesia. The overall success rate was 84.6%. External dacryocystorhinostomy is still the cheapest and very effective surgical procedure for majority of patients with epiphora in our country.

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