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Patients with dysfunctional lacrimal pump function, revision surgery, partial obstruction, and ocular surface diseases were not included in the study.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Verification of the nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) was achieved with dye disappearance test, Jones test 1 (JT 1), and JT 2. According to the type of obstruction seen on DSG, patients were classified into two groups: presac and postsac obstruction. Patients with complete obstruction detected in the lacrimal syringing and dynamic scintigraphy underwent Ext-DCR, and the results were evaluated.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003Thirty patients, mean age 58.93\u2009\u00b1\u200912.11 years, all with unilateral NLDO were included in the study. All had grade 5 Munk score epiphora and discharge. The mean duration of obstruction was 24.57\u2009\u00b1\u200910.65 months. In the lacrimal irrigation test, all patients had complete obstruction in one eye, while the other eye was normal. According to preoperative DSG results, there were 20 (66.7%) patients with presac delay and 10 (33.3%) patients with postsac delay. All patients underwent Ext-DCR with silicone tube intubation and were followed for 1 year. Although there was symptomatic improvement in all patients and the lacrimal syringing test was patent, no change was seen in scintigraphy.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003Although DSG is a sensitive nuclear medicine method, it is not useful for predicting the functional success of the Ext-DSR.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0044-1788595","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,16]],"date-time":"2024-08-16T23:42:46Z","timestamp":1723851766000},"page":"250-255","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Incompatibility of Lacrimal Syringing Test with Dacryoscintigraphy in Patients Undergoing Successful Dacryocystorhinostomy Surgery"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1281-6723","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Titap","family":"Yazicioglu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar City Hospital, Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-6303-5685","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elif","family":"Sar\u0131","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar City Hospital, Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6164-9781","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Selin","family":"Kesim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar City Hospital, Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,16]]},"reference":[{"issue":"03","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"414","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.eye.6702656","article-title":"Scintigraphic evaluation for tear drainage, after dacryocystorhino- stomy, in relation to patient satisfaction","volume":"22","author":"K Mansour","year":"2008","journal-title":"Eye (Lond)"},{"issue":"06","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"403","DOI":"10.1080\/01676830.2019.1704033","article-title":"Comparison of a manometric tear duct irrigation test with dacryoscintigraphy in the investigation of epiphora","volume":"39","author":"Z Sipkova","year":"2020","journal-title":"Orbit"},{"issue":"17","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1277","DOI":"10.2147\/OPTH.S409662","article-title":"Accuracy of the lacrimal syringing test in relation to dacryocystography and dacryoendoscopy","volume":"17","author":"J Nakamura","year":"2023","journal-title":"Clin Ophthalmol"},{"key":"ref4","volume-title":"Epiphora Clinical Testing. 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