Table 3.
Complications.
| All patients (n = 98) |
End DCR (n = 49) |
Balloon DCR (n = 49) |
Z-test (Z, p value) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total adverse eventsa | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0.93, 0.34 |
| Synechiae | 06 | 01 | 05 | −1.68, 0.09 |
| Stent loss | 2 | 2 | 00 | 1.4, 0.15 |
| Orbital fat exposure | 3 | 3 | 00 | 1.75, 0.07 |
| Orbital emphysema | 1 | 1 | 00 | 1.0, 0.31 |
| Eye lid oedema | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1,02, 0.30 |
| Cheesewiring of canaliculus | 1 | 00 | 1 | −1.0, 0.31 |
| Granuloma | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1.68, 0.09 |
| Keratoconjunctivitis | 1 | 00 | 1 | −1.0, 0.31 |
| Intolerance to nasal pack | 1 | 00 | 1 | −1.0, 0.31 |
a
All were minor; no major complications like severe epistaxis/optic nerve injury/medial rectus/sup oblique injury etc. occurred in our series.