Table 1.
Number and percentage of lacrimal sac specimens with specific pathology and with specific pathology that was unsuspected preoperatively and intraoperatively in seven series of dacryocystorhinostomies
| Reference | Patients | Specimens | Specimens with specific pathology | Specimens with unsuspected specific pathology | Case selection | ||
| No | No | No | % | No | % | ||
| Linberg5 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.1 | Unselected |
| Mauriello11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unselected |
| Tucker6 | 150 | 162 | 4 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.6 | Unselected |
| Lee-Wing10 | 166 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unselected |
| Anderson4 | 316 | 377 | 31 | 8.2 | ⩾3* | ⩾0.8* | ? Selected* |
| Bernardini9 | 258 | 302 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Unselected |
| Present study | 164 | 193 | 3 | 1.6 | 2 | 1.0 | Unselected |
| Total | 1111 | 1294 | 50 | 3.9 | 7 | 0.5 | |
*See Discussion.