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Success of nasolacrimal probing not affected by age or surgeon experience
The success rate of nasolacrimal probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction was 77.3% after first probing and more than 90% after second probing, according to a study.The retrospective case series included 88 eyes of 62 patients between the ages of 1 month and 138 months at Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal. Successful nasolacrimal probing was defined as effective lacrimal irrigation intraoperatively and resolution of epiphora at 1 month.