A retrospective study was performed
selecting consecutive patients at Hobart Eye Surgeons, from Oct 2007 to Mar ’08
who had Mini Monoka stents inserted for epiphora secondary to confirmed
obstruction/stenosis in either inferior or common canaliculus.
These patients
had their stents routinely removed after six weeks. There were a total of 36
eyes (31 patients) included in the study and 31 eyes (83.7%) showed subjective
improvement in epiphora. One patient was lost to follow up and 5 eyes showed no improvement. In this first case series which used Mini Monoka stents to treat
epiphora, there was a high success rate in improvement of epiphora. Further research
is warranted to further validate its use into routine clinical practice.
