Mitomycin as adjunct therapy in correcting iatrogenic punctal stenosis

S Lam; H H Tessler

Mitomycin as adjunct therapy in correcting iatrogenic punctal stenosis

Ophthalmic Surg. 1993 Feb;24(2):123-4.

Authors

S Lam¹, H H Tessler

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine 60612.

PMID: 8446348

Abstract

A 52-year-old woman developed persistent epiphora in her left eye after undergoing occlusion of the left puncta. Two attempts to reopen the puncta with a one-snip procedure and placement of punctal silicone plugs failed. The epiphora resolved and the puncta remained patent after the patient underwent a third one-snip procedure, supplemented with topical mitomycin during and after surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Topical
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Dacryocystorhinostomy*
Female
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / etiology
Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / complications
Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / drug therapy
Middle Aged
Mitomycins / therapeutic use*

Substances

Mitomycins