Treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in adults with polyurethane stent

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-43

  Yazici, Bülent ^a   Yazici, Zeynep ^a   Parlak, Müfit ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL SAC; LACRIMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; POLYURETHANES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035172227     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00702-9     Document Type: Article

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