At University of Utah Health, surgery for excessive tearing due to nasolacrimal duct obstruction involves a team approach with surgeons who have fellowship training in orbital and sinus specialties.

Acute dacryocystitis (AD) is common in women and becomes increasingly likely with age, particularly in individuals with primary acquired obstruction of the tear duct. To prevent this condition, ...

I have a blocked tear duct which causes my eyes to water a lot. The doctor has told me that the only options I have are to put up with it or have surgery to unblock it, which he says is painful and is ...

Richard C. Allen, MD, PhD, FACS, an oculoplastic surgeon at Texas Children's Hospital and a professor at Baylor College of Medicine, spoke on how oculoplastic surgery in pediatric patients has changed ...

Marzia Zada has shed enough tears for a lifetime. More than a decade ago, Zada, then 5, was shot in the face and left for dead by the Taliban in Afghanistan, only moments after witnessing the brutal ...