Success of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy with or without stents: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Conclusions: There is evidence that the use of bicanalicular stents slightly improves the success rate of DCR-EN, but the quality of evidence is low. Future prospective, randomized trials enrolling larger sample sizes may provide stronger evidence to determine whether the stent use influences the success of primary acquired DCR-EN. PMID: 31662017 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Orbit - October 28, 2019 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Orsolini MJ, Schellini SA, Souza Meneguim RLF, Catâneo AJM Tags: Orbit Source Type: research