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We aimed to evaluate the etiology of epiphora and the treatment modalities of the affected patients.<jats:italic>Materials and Methods.<\/jats:italic>Data of patients who were referred to ophthalmology clinics for epiphora were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were evaluated for epiphora etiology, treatment modalities, and duration of complaints, after complete ophthalmologic examination.<jats:italic>Results.<\/jats:italic>This study consisted of 163 patients with a mean age of 64.61 \u00b1 16.52 years (range 1\u201392 years). Lacrimal system disease (48.4% [79\/163]) was the most common cause, followed by ocular surface disease (dry eye\/blepharitis) (38.7% [63\/163]). Among the patients included in this study, 69% (113\/163) did not receive any treatment, whereas only 1.8% (3\/163) were treated surgically. About 4.3% of the patients (7\/163) had a complaint for more than 5 years (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.012<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) and six of these had chronic dacryocystitis and one had ectropion.<jats:italic>Conclusion.<\/jats:italic>Epiphora not only has a negative impact on patients\u2019 comfort, but also puts them at risk for probable intraocular operations in the future. 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