Effects of lacrimal occlusion with collagen and silicone plugs on patients with conjunctivitis associated with dry eye

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-14

  Nava Castaneda, Angel ^a   Tovilla Canales, Jose Luis ^a   Rodriguez, Lourdes ^a   Tovilla y Pomar, Jose Luis ^a   Jones, Clarence E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY CONDE DE VALENCIANA   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canalicular occlusion; Collagen plugs; Dry eye conjunctivitis; Herrick lacrimal plug

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037224224     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200301000-00003     Document Type: Article

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