PURPOSE: To investigate outcomes for different treatment modalities in @entity1448 ( @entity1448 ) in an Indian population. DESIGN: Retrospective, interventional, case series. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In an institutional setting, case records of @entity1 with @entity1448 from January 2008 to 2012, were reviewed, and data on @entity1 demographics, clinical presentation, and treatment details (sac massage, probing, and/or dacryocystorhinostomy) were recorded. Success of treatment was defined as complete resolution of symptoms and negative regurgitation on pressure over lacrimal sac (ROPLAS) area. RESULTS: Two hundred and ninety-eight eyes of 240 @entity1 with a mean age of 22.2    26.14 months (median = 12 months, interquartile range = 17) were analyzed. Sac massage (n = 226) was successful in 67 eyes (30%). Multivariable logistic regression analyses showed that @entity1 with mucoid ROPLAS were almost 6 times more likely (odds ratio [OR] = 5.55 vs. clear ROPLAS, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.35-13.09, P < 0.001) to experience failure of sac massage. Overall probing (n = 193) was successful for 143 (74%) eyes. Multivariable logistic regression showed that older @entity1 were 25% more likely to experience probing failure (OR = 1.25 for every 6 months increment in age, 95%, CI = 1.09-1.42, P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Sac massage is successful in only a third of our @entity1 and those with mucoid ROPLAS are more likely to experience failure. Probing is successful in three-quarter of our subjects, and its success declines with a progressive increase in age. Lower socioeconomic status, poor general health, and recurrent @entity1729 are unique to our population and may influence outcomes.

Factors affecting treatment outcome in XXXX : A retrospective analysis from South India.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity1448 :: ('MESH:D002779', 'Disease') :: ['CNLDO', 'congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction'] @entity1729 :: ('MESH:D012141', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory infections']
@entity1448 :: (MESH:D002779,Disease) :: ['congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction']
