Balloon catheter dilation for treatment of adults with partial nasolacrimal duct obstruction: A preliminary report

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 811-816

  Perry, Julian D ^a   Maus, Marlon ^a   Nowinski, Thaddeus S ^a   Penne, Robert B ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032440457     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00278-5     Document Type: Article

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