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Abstract
Evaluation of pushed monocanalicular intubation using masterka® tube, regarding efficiency, complications, and advantages versus simple probing as a primary treatment in patients with CNLDO. A randomized interventional case controlled study that included 60 eyes (of 53 patients), 30 eyes underwent probing and 30 eyes intubation using masterka tube as a primary treatment for CNLDO. Children were aged 6 to < 36 months at the time of surgery, with no prior nasolacrimal surgical procedure, and had at least one of the following clinical signs of NLDO: epiphora, mucous discharge and/or increased tear lake. Treatment success was defined as absence of epiphora, mucous discharge and increased tear lake at the outcome visit two month after tube removal. The overall success rate in the probing group was 80% while in the intubation group was 83.3%