Case scheduling preferences of one Surgeon's cataract surgery patients.

Background: The increase in the number of operating rooms nationwide in the United States may reflect preferences of patients for scheduling of outpatient surgery. Yet, little is known of the importance that patients place on scheduling convenience and flexibility.

Methods: Fifty cataract surgery patients seen by a surgeon at his main office during a 6-mo period responded to a marketing survey.

Management of congenital lacrimal sac fistula.

Fourteen patients who were treated for symptomatic congenital lacrimal sac fistula were retrospectively reviewed to evaluate surgical success. Excision of the fistula alone was performed on 9 patients and excision with nasolacrimal intubation on 5 patients (to our knowledge, the latter has not been previously described in the English literature). None of the 14 patients were symptomatic postoperatively during a mean follow-up of 16 months, with a range from 3 to 39 months.