Dacryocystonostomy surgery, which can also be defined as tear duct obstruction surgery
It is also called DSR in short. Under normal conditions, our eyes are fed with a liquid secreted from the tear glands. Tear fluid cleans the eyes and also protects them from foreign objects. After the tears have fulfilled their function, they go into the nose through the tear ducts and from there to the throat. This process is repeated many times throughout the day.
If there is any blockage in the tear ducts, the liquid flows out of the tear ducts
. As a result of this situation, eye irritation and watering occur. Watering
also causes burrs. If, as a result of this situation, the inside of the tear duct becomes infected with microbes
the tear sacs swell.
People with this condition generally complain that their eyes water due to the wind.
In addition, the tear sacs become swollen. and there is a danger of the canal pathways becoming infected with germs. In case of spread of the microbe, meningitis and kidney disease may occur. In addition, performing cataract surgery on people with tear duct obstruction disease is risky.
Dacryocystorhinostomy techniques
Swelling and redness occur in the eyes as a result of the blockage in the tear ducts. . In general
The treatment of Dacryocystitis is surgery. However, medication can be used to relieve swelling.
It should not be forgotten that medications are a temporary solution.
As long as the obstruction continues, the problem continues. In surgical procedures, the skin on the sac between the nose and the eyelid is opened. The tear duct is found and expanded into the nose
.
A second method involves opening the bone and sac from inside the nose. There is no need to stitch in this method
. This method may only work if there is a blockage in the nose. If the problem is inside the tear sac, different methods need to be used.
In recent years, it has been seen that both methods have been successfully applied by combining laser technology.
r. With the surgical procedure called Multidiode Laser Dacryocystorhinostomy, operations can be successfully performed seamlessly and
without a knife.
Diode laser easily passes through the tear holes in the tear ducts, called punctum.
It opens the blockage between the sac and the bone. It is also possible to monitor this process with an endoscope. When the size of the channel to be opened with the laser reaches a sufficient size, the process is completed. Multidiode
The success rate of operations performed with Laser DSR is high. This rate increases even more with an experienced surgeon.
Laser application can be applied to all people from the age of 2. In this method, age does not matter
. Many dacryocystitis patients prefer this method.
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