Investigation and endoscopic treatment for functional and anatomical obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct system

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-356

  Wormald, P J ^a,c   Tsirbas, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endoscopic DCR; Functional nasolacrimal obstruction; Powered endoscopie DCR

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC DACRYCYSTORHINOSTOMY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242768436     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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