The lacrimal bypass tube for lacrimal pump failure attributable to XXXX .

@entity1 @entity9467 @entity3541
PURPOSE: To describe the use of a lacrimal bypass tube in the management of @entity9467 in @entity1 with @entity9467 attributable to lacrimal pump failure in @entity3541 . DESIGN: Multicenter retrospective interventional study. METHODS: Information regarding @entity1 demographics, diagnoses, symptoms, oculoplastic interventions, dacryocystorhinostomy, and Jones tube insertion were collected from @entity1 charts. RESULTS: Eighteen @entity1 were identified, in all of whom @entity9467 was clinically and/or radiologically assessed as being attributable to pump failure, lid laxity having been corrected. All had @entity9467 prior to Jones tube insertion. Dacryocystorhinostomy was performed in all; insertion of a Jones tube was performed simultaneously in 12, with delayed insertion in 6. @entity1 ' subjective @entity9467 improved postoperatively in 15 of 18 (83.3%) and at final median follow-up of 27.5 months (range, 6 months to 31 years); symptoms were improved in 13 of 18 (72.2%). Complications occurred in 13 of 18 (72.2%), including tube extrusion and the need for repositioning. CONCLUSIONS: In this highly selected group of @entity1 , Jones tube insertion led to symptom improvement in 83.3% postoperatively and in 72.2% at median follow-up of 27.5 months. Tube extrusion and migration were common, although such complications were not unexpected and were treatable.
