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Vol. 106 No. 5, May 1988 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Inflatable catheter for dacryocystorhinostomy

A. Aguirre Vila-Coro, M. A. Gutierrez Sevilla, M. C. Rodriguez-Bermejo Guijo and A. Aguirre Vila-Coro
Departamento de Oftalmologia, Hospital Clinico de San Carlos, Facultadde Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.

A silicone catheter with an inflatable balloon was used as a temporary stent for dacryocystorhinostomy. The inflated balloon was positioned in the patient's lacrimal sac, and the catheter remained in the nasal fossa. This device maintained an open lacrimal sac-nasal mucosa communication during the healing period. Postoperative removal was performed by deflating the balloon and gently pulling the catheter through the patient's nostril.




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