Impact of Post-Surgical Therapies on Endoscopic and External Dacryocystorhinostomy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Alessandro VinciguerraAlessandro NonisAntonio Giordano RestiMario BussiMatteo Trimarchi

Published in: American journal of rhinology & allergy (2020)

Given the high success rate of EXT-DCR and END-DCR and the heterogeneity of literature data, the effective influence of post-surgical medical therapy is difficult to identify. Future large prospective randomized studies could help in detecting the optimal adjunctive therapy for these surgeries.

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