Is routine biopsy of the lacrimal sac wall indicated at dacryocystorhinostomy? A prospective study and literature review

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1589-1591

  Merkonidis, C ^a   Brewis, C ^a   Yung, Matthew ^a   Nussbaumer, M ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LACRIMAL SAC; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAPILLOMA; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 28444463300     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.072199     Document Type: Review

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