Management of Complications after Insertion of the SmartPlug Punctal Plug. A Study of 28 Patients

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANALICULITIS; CANALICULOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTUBATION; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LAVAGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SILASTIC TUBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748958463     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.032     Document Type: Article

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