Clinical Study
External Dacryocystorhinostomy: Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with and without Previous Dacryocystitis
| ā | No past dacryocystitis | Past dacryocystitis | Total | value |
| Glaucoma, | 2 (2.2%) | 10 (16.7%) | 12 (7.8%) | 0.002 | Past cataract surgery, | 14 (15.2%) | 17 (28.3%) | 31 (20.3%) | 0.064 | Hypertension, | 48 (52.2%) | 27 (45%) | 75 (49%) | 0.411 | Ischemic heart disease, | 12 (13%) | 13 (21.7%) | 25 (16.5%) | 0.183 | Hyperlipidemia, | 41 (44.6%) | 22 (36.7%) | 63 (41.4%) | 0.400 | Diabetes mellitus type 2, | 22 (23.9%) | 15 (25%) | 37 (24.3%) | 0.513 | Hypothyroidism, | 8 (8.7%) | 5 (8.3%) | 13 (8.5%) | 0.301 | Anemia, | 7 (7.6%) | 4 (6.7%) | 11 (7.2%) | 0.548 |
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