Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

External OCR used to be the gold standard for the treatment of epiphora till a decade back. However it carried significant morbidity and the success rate was dismal. The advent of endoscope coupled with the understanding of anatomy of the lateral wall of nose opened out an avenue to deal with these cases endoscopically. In our series of 30 cases we achieved successful relief of symptoms in 28 cases after one procedure in ihe follow-up period varying from 6-18 months. In other two cases the symptoms were relieved after the second procedure. The merits of the procedure are discussed in the paper.