Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
Author Details :
Volume : 6, Issue : 1, Year : 2020
Article Page : 80-83
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2020.018
Abstract
Aim: To compare the results of anterior flap suturing with excision of posterior flaps and both anterior &
posterior flaps suturing in external DCR
Materials and Methods:Total 46 patients were divided into 2 groups, 23 in each. In Group A cases with
anterior flap anastamosis were included and in group B cases with double flap suturing were included.
Comparison was done in terms of ease of procedure, total surgical time, recurrence and success rate. Mean
surgical time was evaluated in both the groups.
Results: Mean age in years was 53.56 7.19. Suturing the flaps was found convenient and easy in Group
A (91.30%) in comparison to group B (13.04%). Total mean surgical time was 55.09 3.96 minutes. In
Group A it was 51.43 0.99 minutes and in group B it was 58.74 1.78 minutes. In Group A mean
surgical time was less in comparison to group B and it was statistically highly significant. Success rate
assessed by patent syringing, was 91.30% in Group A and 95.65% in Group B.
Conclusion: Only anterior flap suturing with trimming of posterior flaps in comparison to double flap
anastamosis makes external DCR an easy and less time consuming procedure.
Keywords: Anterior flap suturing, Chronic Dacryocystitis, DCR, Double flap anastamosis, Recurrence.
How to cite : Damle V, Agarwal P C, A study to compare outcome of anterior flap suturing versus double flap anastamosis in external dacryocystorhinostomy. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2020;6(1):80-83
This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
