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
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Volume : 5, Issue : 3, Year : 2019
Article Page : 339-342
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2019.081
Abstract
Introduction: The success of dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) depends upon the patency of the lacrimal passage following the procedure. Mitomycin C has a wide application in Ophthalmology. In this present study, conventional external DCR was compared with external DCR were intra operative Mitomycin C was used, in order to prevent fibrosis at the osteotomy site following the procedure.
Material and Methods: There were 40 patients in this study who were divided into 2 groups. In group A, MMC was used intraoperatively at the osteotomy site for a period of five minutes. In Group B, Conventional External DCR was done without using an adjuvant. The study population included patients with acquired naso lacrimal duct obstruction .After the surgery, patients were assessed at 1st week, 1st, 3rd and 6th month respectively.
Results: The mean age of the study group was 40.29+/-9.53 years. Patients in both the groups were followed up regularly. Postoperatively at 6th month of visit, it was found that 1 (5%) out of 20 patients in Group A (MMC) and 4 patients (20%) among 20 in Group B(Conventional) reported with symptoms of watering of eyes and on examination had a high tear meniscus height, thereby had a non-patent lacrimal drainage system following surgery. On comparison there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups with the P value of 0.001. It was revealed that success rate was better in MMC group when compared with the Conventional group.
Keywords: Complications, Dacryocystorhinostomy, Mitomycin C.
How to cite : Gopalan S, Ramamoorthy K, Sharma B, Analysis of efficacy of intraoperative mitomycin C in external dacryocystorhinostomy. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019;5(3):339-342
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