Treatment of complete and partial obstruction of the nasolacrimal system with polyurethane stents: Initial experience

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Pulido Duque, Juan M ^a   Reyes, Ricardo ^a   Carreira, José M ^a   Vega, Francisco ^a   Górriz, Elias ^a   Pardo, M Dolores ^a   Perez, Francisco ^a   Maynar, Manuel ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora del Pino   (Spain)

Author keywords

Interventional procedures; Lacrimal gland and duct; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIPHORA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; POLYURETHANES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SAFETY; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031985686     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900209     Document Type: Article

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