DCR Dacryocystorhinostomy Endoscopic Tear Duct Surgery * California Sinus Centers

http://www.calsinus.com DCR (Dacryocystorhinostomy) - LEFT SIDE Patient with Wegener's granulomatosis, which in the nose causes chronic sinus infections and scarring. There can also be scarring of the tear ducts which drain into the nose. This leads to excessive tearing, called epiphora. The tear ducts are probed from their openings adjacent to the eye, and the probes are brought out through the nose, leaving flexible tubing in the tear ducts to keep them open. The lacrimal sac which drains the tear ducts is opened widely.

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• Dacryocystorhinostomy
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• Wegener's
• granulomatosis
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[ausafakhan]

Indeed a very informative movie on Endoscopic DCR