TY - JOUR ID - TI - COMPARISON OF SURGICAL OUTCOME OF ENDOSCOPIC DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY WITH OR WITHOUT FLAP AU - Wissam Egab Aziz AU - Ahmed M Al-Abbasi PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 1 SP - 25 EP - 29 JO - Basrah Journal of Surgery مجلة البصرة الجراحية SN - 16833589 2409501X AB - The goals of this study were to evaluate the results of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and to compare the surgical success rates of the different procedures (with or without mucosal flap) in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. This prospective study investigated the results of 39 patients, they were 36 females (92.3%) and 3 males (7.7%). Endoscopic endonasal DCR was performed at the Basrah Teaching Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology in the period between July 2018 to July 2019. The patients were divided into two groups; with or without flap. During surgery, the mucosal flap was preserved in 13 patients (group B) and removed in 26 patients (group A). For all patients, silicone stents were put at the end of surgery. The silicone tube was removed within 6 months after surgery. After six months follow-up, the results were; patent ostium reported in 17 patients (81%) in group A and in 10 patients (90.9%) in group B. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups (P-Value 0.461). The overall incidence of crustation and adhesion is more in group A than in group B but it was also statistically not significant.In conclusion, endoscopic endonasal DCR carries no significant difference of success ratewhether it is with or without mucosal flap.Key words: Endoscopy, Dacryocyctorhinostomy, flap, Surgery.

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