Journal Reviews

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Lacrimal drainage system malignancies

1 December 2022 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Lacrimal sac, malignancy, nasolacrimal duct, squamous cell carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma

This retrospective case series looks at the rare cases of lacrimal drainage system malignancies. The authors have identified 14 patients in 24 years, at a tertiary referral centre in the Indian subcontinent. Many previous publications have found squamous cell carcinoma...

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Biopsy of nasolacrimal duct using sheath guided dacryoendoscopy

1 August 2019 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Dacryoendoscopy, biopsy, immunohistochemistry, nasolacrimal duct obstruction, sheath-guided endoscopic probing (SEP)

In this study the author’s biopsied six eyes of five individuals with recurrent nasolacrimal duct obstruction following a prior dacryoendoscopic probing. All procedures were performed under local anaesthetic, the obstruction or lesion was directly visualised with dacryoendoscope and biopsy was...

Nasolacrimal duct screening to minimise post cataract endophthalmitis

1 February 2015 | | Cataract and Refractive | cataract, endophthalmitis, nasolacrimal duct obstruction

This case control study compared the nasolacrimal duct (NLD) patency in a random sample of phacoemulsification cataract surgery patients (control group) versus a consecutive series of patients who developed endophthalmitis post cataract surgery (case group). NLD syringing was performed in...