PURPOSE: To study the incidence, clinical features and outcome of @entity6134 with special reference to long-term @entity9467 after Snip-punctoplasty and curettage. METHODS: Single center, retrospective, telephonic questionnaire study. The medical records of @entity1 who visited Orbit and Oculoplasty clinic, Tertiary Eye Hospital, India from 01 July 2011 to 31 June 2012 were analyzed. Records of the @entity1 with @entity6134 were reviewed for clinical profile and management. Post-surgical @entity1 thus identified were telephonically contacted in December 2012. Questionnaire was used to assess the @entity9467 . Symptomatic @entity1 were given clinic appointment, reassessed and managed. RESULTS: 2245 @entity1 visited Orbit and Oculoplasty clinic during the study period. The incidence of @entity6134 was 1.4% (31 @entity1 ). The median age of the @entity1 with @entity6134 was 65  years (range, 14-80  yrs). Sixteen @entity1 were male. All cases were unilateral and four eyes showed both upper and lower canalicular involvement. The commonest clinical presentations were pus or concretion from punctum (28), mucous discharge (23), @entity9467 (18) and conjunctival injection (18). Three snip punctoplasty and canalicular curettage was performed in 30 of these @entity1 . Twenty of the 25 available culture results were positive and streptococcus species was the most common isolated organism. Records revealed that five (22%) of these @entity1 had persistence of symptoms. Twenty-three @entity1 could be contacted telephonically. The median follow-up of these @entity1 was 11  months. On telephonic communication we found that two (8.7%) @entity1 had @entity9467 . @entity9467 score in these @entity1 was three and one respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Incidence of @entity6134 was 1.4%. Most common isolate was streptococcus species. Snip-punctoplasty and curettage is a safe and efficacious modality of treatment of @entity6134 . @entity9467 occurred in 8.7% @entity1 .

Primary @entity6134 : The incidence, clinical features, outcome and long-term XXXX after snip-punctoplasty and curettage.

@entity9467 :: ('MESH:D007766', 'Disease') :: ['epiphora', 'Post-operative epiphora', 'postsurgical epiphora', 'Munk epiphora'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity6134 :: ('MESH:C538406', 'Disease') :: ['primary canaliculitis', 'canaliculitis']
@entity9467 :: (MESH:D007766,Disease) :: ['epiphora']
