Mehmet Fuat Alakus1, Umut Dag1, Selahattin Balsak1, Seyfettin Erdem1, Hasan Oncul1, Sedat Akgol2, Halit Diri3. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Diyarbakır Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Diyarbakır Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey. 3. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Diyarbakır Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to research the relationship between types of birth and congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction. METHOD: The study enrolled 665 infantile patients with prediagnosis of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction due to associated ophthalmic symptoms. Age, gender, family history, delivery type, and patient medical records were investigated. Patients were grouped and compared according to their birth type and whether it was the first birth. RESULTS: The number of the infants with and without congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction was 227 (34.1%) and 438 (65.9%), respectively. Comparison of the congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and non-congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction groups according to the first births showed that ratio of cesarean section was significantly higher in the congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction group than the non- congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction group (58.7% and 20.7%, respectively). Number with positive family history also was significantly higher in the congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction group. CONCLUSION: Cesarean section in first birth and positive family history of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction appear to be important risk factors in the etiopathogenesis of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to research the relationship between types of birth and congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction. METHOD: The study enrolled 665 infantile patients with prediagnosis of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction due to associated ophthalmic symptoms. Age, gender, family history, delivery type, and patient medical records were investigated. Patients were grouped and compared according to their birth type and whether it was the first birth. RESULTS: The number of the infants with and without congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction was 227 (34.1%) and 438 (65.9%), respectively. Comparison of the congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and non-congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction groups according to the first births showed that ratio of cesarean section was significantly higher in the congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction group than the non- congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction group (58.7% and 20.7%, respectively). Number with positive family history also was significantly higher in the congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction group. CONCLUSION: Cesarean section in first birth and positive family history of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction appear to be important risk factors in the etiopathogenesis of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.