Clinical Scenarios: Tear Duct Surgery

WARNING Some photos may be explicit

Left Dacryocystocele (Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction), Female, 49 years old

Medial canthal (inside corner of eye/side of nose) fullness from fluid collection in left lacrimal sac

Left Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR), Female, 32 years old

Scar appearance 6 months after left DCR

Canalicular Dacryoliths (stones), Female, 54 years old

Stones (deposits) removed during left lower eyelid punctoplasty (widening of tear duct opening in eyelid)

After Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) Surgery, Female, 24 years old

Scar appearance 7 months after left DCR

Dacryocystitis, bilateral, Female, 68 years old

Pre-op before tear duct surgery with swelling of the tear duct on both sides

Bilateral swelling, redness, tenderness in medial canthal area (inside corner of eye/side of nose)

After Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) Surgery, Female, 41 years old

Scar appearance 6 months after right DCR

All clinical photographs are actual patients of Klapper Eyelid & Facial Plastic Surgery.

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