Success Rate Comparis on of External Dacryocystorhinostomy with 5-FU Application or Silicone Tube Intubation.

Ayşe Burcu Dirim Ibrahim Çağrı Türker Ceylan Uslu Dogan Selam Yekta Sendul Emine Betul Akbas Ozyurek

Published in: Journal of ophthalmology (2022)

Both EX-DCR procedures were effective in the management of nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Our results suggest that EX-DCR augmented with 5-FU may represent a more feasible and cost-effective therapeutic option as compared to silicone tube placement in these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
cardiac arrest