Retained stenting material: An unusual cause of dacryocystorhinostomy failure

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1306-1309

  Bolger, William E ^a,c   Crawford, James ^a   Cockerham, Kimberly Peele ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL SAC; MALE; NOSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPONGE; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033498180     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00714-9     Document Type: Article

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