One interesting finding was that, due to tension-free appositions of nasal and lacrimal flaps, two of the eight rhinostomies were gradually contracted in the anteroposterior direction and finally became fissure-like in appearance two months after the surgery. The fissures, like newly formed Hasner’s valves, separated the lacrimal sac from the nasal common cavity and showed no side effects in tear drainage.
How To: Modified Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy Nasal Mucoperiosteal Flap Technique
by Tiechuan Cong, MD, Yuan Wu, MD, Ying Gao, MM, Quangui Wang, MM, and Yong Qin, MD •
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