Surgical Outcome of Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy with and Without Prolene Stent in Chronic Dacryocystitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Popularity of Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy is rising over a conventional external dacryocystorhinostomy. One of the most frequent reasons for procedure failure is the closing of neo-ostium. To compare the surgical results of endoscopic Dacryocystitis operations with and without Prolene stents in terms of procedure success rates and postoperative complications.

Comparison of Surgical Outcome of Endoscopic with Microscopic Type I Tympanoplasty in Chronic Otitis Media: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Aim of the study was to compare the surgical outcome of endoscopic with microscopic Type 1 tympanoplasty in dry, mucosal type of chronic otitis media with respect to graft uptake rate, hearing gain and duration of surgery. This randomized controlled trial of 3 years was carried out at Tertiary Care Hospital of Central India. Total 80 cases of mucosal type of chronic otitis media posted for Type I tympanoplasty were included in the study.