慢性泪囊炎是眼科常见病,也是我国农村中的多发病,多见于女性成人和老人,其发病率约占眼科门诊初诊人数的0.6%(丁淑静,1966),占农村眼病人数的1%(余忠俊,1984)。本病药物治疗无效,必需施行手术治疗。手术方法已经历了三个历史时期:在本世纪前,只能作泪道冲洗或加防腐剂冲洗,治疗化脓性泪囊炎,以后虽用泪道探通并注入抗生素或α糜蛋白等治疗,由于 Chronic dacryocystitis is a common disease in ophthalmology, and is also a frequently-occurring disease in rural areas of our country. It is more common in female adults and the elderly. Its incidence accounts for 0.6% (Ding Shujing, 1966) of the number of newly diagnosed ophthalmology clinics, accounting for 1% (Yu Zhongjun, 1984). The disease drug treatment is invalid, the need for surgical treatment. Surgical methods have gone through three historical periods: before this century, only for lacrimal irrigation or antiseptic rinse, suppurative purulent dacryocystitis, after probing with lacrimal duct and infusion of antibiotics or α surimi and other treatment ,due to