Lacrimal-nasal canal stenosis after intranasal surgery
Simbanduku, J.; Kestelyn, P.
Bulletin de la Societe Belge d'Ophtalmologie 263: 93-95
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0081-0746 PMID: 9410412 Document Number: 456564
The etiology of the nasolacrimal duct obstruction usually reported is: idiopathic, infectious, traumatic, congenital, tumoral and others. The nasolacrimal duct stenosis after intranasal surgery is rarely reported in the literature. We describe 5 cases of iatrogenic nasolacrimal duct stenosis found in our series of 41 patients treated the last 2 years for nasolacrimal duct obstruction and we propose how to avoid this complication of intranasal surgery.