[Results of 589 dacryocystorhinostomies from 1960 to 1979 (author's transl)].

A report of 589 dacryocystorhinostomies performed over a period of 19 1/4 years using a modified Dupuy-Dutemps technique. The operation can be performed at any age and has a provisional success rate of 96.08%. In a control series of 93 eyes between two months and 16.8 years we recorded a 90.32% success rate in the lacrimal ducts on which surgery had been performed.