Transcanalicular Diode Laser Assisted Dacryocystorhinostomy in Primary Acquired Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction

Abstract

Transcanalicular diode laser-assisted DCR is a fast and relatively easy alternative surgical method, which avoids a facial skin scar, to treat PANDO. The functional success rate is higher in the first months but decreases to low 60 %'s at the end of first year and remains the same at the second-year follow up.