Leczenie niedrożności dróg łzowych za pomocą sondowania dróg łzowych u dzieci w wieku poniżej 4 lat

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of nasolacrimal duct probing as the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children

younger than 4 years.

Material and methods: A total amount of 320 eyes in 275 children 4 to 48 months old, receiving nasolacrimal duct probing were

enrolled in a retrospective study. The patients were divided into 4 groups depends on age: I group – 4-12 months, II group – 12-

-24 months, III group – 24-36 months and IV group – 36-48 months.

Results: The percentage of efficient duct probing was: in I group – 84%, in II group – 79%, in III group – 78% and in IV group

– 59%.

Conclusions: In children 4 to 36 months old, probing is a successful treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with no decline

in treatment success with increasing age.