AIM: To explore the curative effect of different ways of silicone tube catheter for the treatment of children's lacrimal canaliculi rupture.

METHODS: A retrospective analysis from January 2014 to December 2015 were taken. According to admission time sequence, 42 children with lacrimal canaliculi rupture was divided into two groups. One group was treated with single silicone tube insertion, the other was treated with annular silicone tuber insertion. The treatment results were comparatively analyzed.

RESULTS: There were 4 eyes in single silicone tube group occurred fall off in 2wk to 1mo after operations because of improper nursing and the second operations were taken. There was no eye with this in annular silicone tuber groups, the difference between the two groups was significant(P<0.05). In single silicone tube group, 16 eyes were cured, 1 eye improved, 3 eyes unchanged which were the 3 eyes with fall off. Those 3 eyes were 1 patient bitten by dog, 2 bombed; the effective rate was 85%. In annular silicone tuber insertion, 20 eyes were cured, 2 eyes improved and the effective rate was 100%, the difference between the two groups was significant(P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: Children's lacrimal canaliculi rupture should be timely given surgical treatment, reasonable surgical treatment can achieve good operation effect. Annular silicone tube has good stability, fewer complications than single silicone tube, and clinical treatment effect is good.