My name is Melanie Saunders. I live with lacrimal gland failure, corneal neuralgia, and meibomian gland dysfunction—also known as dry eye. These diseases are complicated.

The upper lacrimal drainage system starts at the puncta, canaliculi, and the common internal puncta (opening of common canaliculus) and drains into the lacrimal sac.

Aims To prospectively evaluate the reliability and efficacy of a new treatment for the reconstruction of the lacrimal duct using a new histo-engineered material, xenogeneic (bovine) acellular dermal ...

One year later the tumour recurred in the canaliculi with extension to the lacrimal sac (figure 1, panel 2), and a wide orbital exenteration was performed. Seven years later the patient is still alive ...

Epiphora is often caused by tear film and ocular surface problems rather than by anatomical obstruction of lacrimal drainage. A thorough history can lead to information regarding medications that ...

Cancer of the lacrimal gland is rare. You have a lacrimal gland on each eye. They produce fluid that cleans and protects the surface of the eyelid.

Endonazal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with radiofrequency (RF) surgical technique is a procedure selected for nasolacrimal duct obstruction and chronic dacryostenosis in the setting of ...

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An 80-year-old man referred with repeated episode of dacryocystitis from the left lacrimal drainage system and palpable swelling. For many years, he has being presented with epiphora unilaterally with ...

The presence of an accessory punctum and canaliculus does not always result in increased drainage. Kakizaki et al. suggested a two-compartment model for the lacrimal canalicular drainage system (10), ...

This suggests a direct link between increased pressure in the bile canaliculi and cholestatic liver disease and improves our understanding of these diseases.