METHOD FOR SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC DACRYOCYSTITIS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61F9/07 A61B17/24 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology, and aims at surgical management of chronic dacryocystitis. An endoscopic examination covers the inferior concha, and a nasal canal is inspected from a transmaxillary approach to determine an involvement level: at the level of a distal portion and a valve of Hasner, at the level of a middle one-third of the nasal canal, and at the level of a proximal portion and a bed of the lachrymal sac. The involved levels are decompressed by a resection of narrowed or injured tissues and/or bone walls. The surgical effectiveness is endoscopically controlled with an intra-operative irrigation of the lachrymal passages from the maxillary sinus and under the inferior concha.

EFFECT: method provides the minimally invasive manipulations with reducing a recurrence rate of dacryocystitis and its postoperative complications, ensuring higher therapeutic effectiveness by using a differentiated approach to choosing a surgical technique depending on a causation of the disease and the height of the lachrymal passages obstruction.

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