Purpose:To present 5-year results of polyurethane stent implantation for treatment of postsaccal lacrimal duct stenoses.Methods:Ninety-two consecutive patients admitted to our hospital for stent implantation between 1...Purpose:To present 5-year results of polyurethane stent implantation for treatment of postsaccal lacrimal duct stenoses.Methods:Ninety-two consecutive patients admitted to our hospital for stent implantation between 1997 and 2001 were retrospectively analysed.The patients who were not re-treated in our clinic were asked by questionnaire about their satisfaction and complaints.Results:In 5 patients(5.4%)the implantation was not completed,38 patients(41.3%)were re-treated due to relapsing epiphora during follow-up,and 11 stents(12.0%)were removed by dacryocystorhinostomy(DCR).Five stents(5.4%)were extracted transnasally.Four stents(4.3%)were removed in another hospital.Eighteen patients(19.6%)had relapsing epiphora but have not been re-treated so far.Fortynine of 92 patients(53.3%)were not re-treated in our clinic and were interrogated by means of a questionnaire.Twenty-seven answered(55.1%),8 did not answer(16.3%)and 14 patients(28.6%)did not receive the letter because they had moved away or died.Only 12 of the patients who answered the questionnaire had no or slight complaints(44.4%,or 18.5% of all treated patients).Conclusions:The long-term success rate of polyurethane stent implantation is very low(18.5%).展开更多
文摘Purpose:To present 5-year results of polyurethane stent implantation for treatment of postsaccal lacrimal duct stenoses.Methods:Ninety-two consecutive patients admitted to our hospital for stent implantation between 1997 and 2001 were retrospectively analysed.The patients who were not re-treated in our clinic were asked by questionnaire about their satisfaction and complaints.Results:In 5 patients(5.4%)the implantation was not completed,38 patients(41.3%)were re-treated due to relapsing epiphora during follow-up,and 11 stents(12.0%)were removed by dacryocystorhinostomy(DCR).Five stents(5.4%)were extracted transnasally.Four stents(4.3%)were removed in another hospital.Eighteen patients(19.6%)had relapsing epiphora but have not been re-treated so far.Fortynine of 92 patients(53.3%)were not re-treated in our clinic and were interrogated by means of a questionnaire.Twenty-seven answered(55.1%),8 did not answer(16.3%)and 14 patients(28.6%)did not receive the letter because they had moved away or died.Only 12 of the patients who answered the questionnaire had no or slight complaints(44.4%,or 18.5% of all treated patients).Conclusions:The long-term success rate of polyurethane stent implantation is very low(18.5%).
