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What is Tear Duct Surgery?

Blocked tear ducts can occur in infants and in adults, and sometimes occur after facial trauma. In most patients, this causes excessive tearing. Surgery, known as External Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR), is then scheduled to open a new passage between the tear sac and nose.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
clogged tear duct 1 0
Dry eyes 1 1 Efficacy_major

See 1 patient currently having Tear Duct Surgery

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Tear Duct Surgery

Swelling of eyes 1

Reported Schedules

  one time
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Tear Duct Surgery (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 100%

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tear Duct Surgery

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tear Duct Surgery

Very
 1 100%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tear Duct Surgery

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.