Lacrimal canaliculus obstruction: Nonsurgical treatment with a newly designed polyurethane stent

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 280-282

  Song, Ho Young ^a,b   Lee, Choon Oh ^a   Park, Sangsoo ^b   Suh, Soo Won ^b   Yoon, Hyun Ki ^a   Kang, Sung Gwon ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Institute for Life Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lacrimal gland and duct; Lacrimal gland and duct, interventional procedure; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIPHORA; GRANULATION TISSUE; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0029919706     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.1.8633162     Document Type: Article

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