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Table 3 General characteristics of patients receiving conventional revision EN-DCR

From: Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy with an otologic T-type ventilation tube in repeated revision cases

Case

Side

Type of failed DCR and year

Time from last failed DCR to recurrence of epiphora (months)

Cause(s) of failure

1

R

EX 2006

EX 2007

16

Ostium closure

2

R

EX 2004

EN 2006

22

Wall of lacrimal sac thickness and fibrosis

3

L

EN 2002

EX 2005

19

Ostium closure

4

R

EX 2003

EN 2008

25

Membranous scarring over ostium

5

L

EX 2007

EN 2008

35

Ostium closure

6

L

EX 2007

EN 2009

14

Wall of lacrimal sac

7

R

EN 2006

EX 2008

EN 2006

12

Membranous scarring over ostium

8

L

EX 2009

EN 2010

8

Membranous scarring over ostium

9

R

EX 2009

EN 2009

7

Wall of lacrimal sac thickness and fibrosis

10

R

EN 2009

EN 2010

9

Wall of lacrimal sac thickness and fibrosis

11

L

EN 2008

EN 2009

12

Ostium closure

12

L

EN 2009

12

Wall of lacrimal sac thickness and fibrosis

13

R

EN 2003

EN 2005

11

Wall of lacrimal sac

14

R

EX 2007

EN 2009

6

Ostium closure

15

R

EX 2008

8

Membranous scarring over ostium

16

L

EN 2005

EN 2009

EX 2008

7

Wall of lacrimal sac

17

L

EX 2008

EN 2010

9

Ostium closure

18

L

EN 2004

EN 2007

11

Wall of lacrimal sac

19

R

EN 2008

EN 2006

12

Membranous scarring over ostium

20

L

EX 2007

EN 2009

14

Wall of lacrimal sac

21

R

EX 2008

EN 2009

8

Membranous scarring over ostium

22

L

EN 2007

7

Wall of lacrimal sac

  1. Age range: 31–66; Number of male: 8; Number of female: 14