Clinical Study
External Dacryocystorhinostomy: Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with and without Previous Dacryocystitis
Table 1
Patients' demographics and characteristics.
| | | No past dacryocystitis, (%) | Past dacryocystitis, (%) | Total, (%) | value |
| | Male/female | 33 (35.9)/59 (64.1) | 19 (31.7)/41 (68.3) | 52 (34.2)/100 (65.8) | 0.361 | | Mean age, y | 68 ± 17 | 66 ± 14 | 67 ± 15 | 0.203 | | Mean duration of epiphora | 33 months | 28 months | 31 months | 0.001 | | Side of obstruction: OS/OD/OU | 29 (31.5)/27 (29.3)/36 (39.1) | 29 (48.3)/19 (31.7)/12 (20) | 58 (38.25)/46 (30.3)/48 (31.6) | 0.031/0.993/0.028 |
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OS: left eye; OD: right eye; OU: both eyes.
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