Jin-Jing He
Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, ChinaJing-Wen Gong
Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, ChinaJia-Ni Zhou
Xianju People’s Hospital, Zhejiang Southeast Campus of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated Xianju’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Taizhou 317300, Zhejiang Province, ChinaJin Jiang
Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, ChinaJin Jiang. Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital (Affiliated People’s Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China. jjzryk@163.com
Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No.LQ18E020002); Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Provincial Scientific Research Foundation (No.2020ZA005).
AIM: To demonstrate the outcomes of translacrimal canalicular drainage using a lacrimal probe and intranasal drainage by D-silicone intubation for acute dacryocystitis (AD). METHODS: This retrospective study included 23 patients with AD and had undergone abscess decompression with the use of lacrimal probe and intranasal drainage by D-silicone intubation between January 2019 and December 2022. Patients received abscess decompression and systemic antibiotic-corticosteroid from the time of diagnosis. D-silicone tube was inserted within 10d after diagnosis and removed 3-6mo after intubation. The procedure and outcomes of this method were evaluated. RESULTS: All patients showed improvement of signs and symptoms of AD within 72h. No intraoperative and postoperative complications were observed. No recurrence of lacrimal sac abscesses occurred after D-silicone tube removed. CONCLUSION: Lacrimal probe and D-silicone intubation appear to be a feasible, minimally invasive, safe, and effective method, which could be a reasonable choice in the treatment of AD.
Jin-Jing He, Jing-Wen Gong, Jia-Ni Zhou,/et al.Treatment of acute dacryocystitis by translacrimal canalicular drainage and D-silicone intubation. Int J Ophthalmol, 2024,17(9):1628-1632
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