A Comparison of Transcanalicular, Endonasal, and External Dacryocystorhinostomy in Functional Epiphora: A Minimum Two-Year Follow-Up Study

Table 1

Comparison of three distinct groups in terms of demographic and clinical data.

	Demographic and clinical data
	TCL-DCR	NEN-DCR	EXT-DCR	Total	P value
Number of eyes	38	47	50	135	N/A
Gender (F/M)	18/20	34/13	34/16	86/49	0.04
Age (min–max)	49.3 (19–77)	64.1 (37–89)	56.5 (23–82)	57.1 (19–89)	<0.01
Follow-up time in months (min–max)	25.9 (8–85)	44.2 (11–72)	45.9 (6–97)	39.7 (6–97)	<0.01
Time of stent removal in months (min–max)	2.6 (1–5)	2.2 (0–6)	2.3 (0–7)	2.3 (0–7)	0.40
Time of failure in months (min–max)	9.5 (3–46)	6.9 (0–15)	13.3 (4–24)	9.3 (0–46)	0.26