Prospective randomized comparison of endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy and external dacryocystorhinostomy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1861-1866

  Hartikainen, Jouko ^a   Antila, Jukka ^a   Varpula, Matti ^a   Puukka, Pauli ^b   Seppä, Heikki ^a   Grénman, Reidar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dacryocystitis; Dacryocystorhinostomy; Nasolacrimal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031742237     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199812000-00018     Document Type: Article

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