A consideration of the time taken to do dacryocystorhinostomty (DCR) surgery

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 691-696

  Malhotra, R ^a,b   Wright, M ^c   Olver, Jane ^a  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dacryocystorhinostomy; Endonasal; Lacrimal; Surgical times

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE PLUS NEOMYCIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0141627912     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700470     Document Type: Article

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