Use of a lacrimal stent retrieval hook in the removal of occluded plastic and expandable metallic lacrimal stents

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 762-766

  Kim, Ho Sung ^a   Song, Ho Young ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Kang, Sung Gwon ^a   Kim, Jae Ho ^a   Yoon, Hyun Ki ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lacrimal gland and duct, stents and prostheses; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPISTAXIS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL SAC; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0343893747     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61637-6     Document Type: Article

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