Table 3: Comparison of anatomical and functional success rates of the 4-snip ampullotomy procedure with published results of rectangular and triangular 3-snip punctoplasty procedures.
|
N = eyes |
Anatomical success/% |
Functional success/% |
Restenosis/% |
Ampullotomy procedure |
25 |
96 |
83.3 |
4 |
Chak, et al. - Rectangular and triangular 3 snip |
108 |
95.4 |
89.8 |
4.6 (3 rectangular and 2 triangular) |
Ali, et al. - Rectangular 3 snip |
87 |
94.3 |
74.7 |
5.7 |
Caesar, et al. - Triangular 3 snip |
53 |
- |
92 |
- |