Status:
COMPLETED
Analysis of 86 Dacryoliths at the University Hospital Ostrava
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital Ostrava
Conditions:
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases
Lacrimal Duct Obstruction
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Background Because dacryoliths occur at low frequency, few studies have focused on their composition. The investigators aimed to present findings from morphological, chemical, and mineralogic analysi...
Detailed Description
INTRODUCTION It is not unusual to find a stone in the lacrimal sac during dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). Although patients with dacryolithiasis often have a history of long-term intermittent epiphora, l...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients over 18 years of age
- patients complaining of lacrimation
- patients following an extraction of a dacryolith
Exclusion
- not signing the Informed Consent
- high risk of surgery (ASA IV)
- presaccal obstruction treatment
- revision EDCRs
- incomplete follow-ups
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 1994
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
86 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01826734
Start Date
January 1 1994
End Date
January 1 2013
Last Update
September 5 2016
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University Hospital Ostrava
Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechia, 70800