Lodged intracanalicular plugs as a cause of lacrimal obstruction

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-142

  Mazow, Mark L ^a   McCall, Tyrone ^b   Prager, Thomas C ^c  

^a Eye Plastic Surgery Associates   (United States)

^b Cornea Associates of Texas ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EPIPHORA; EYE LAVAGE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247158131     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318031d62a     Document Type: Article

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