Pyogenic granuloma following Smart Plug insertion;Granuloma piógeno en tapones lagrimales Smart Plug

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 653-656

  Pastor Pascual, Francisco ^a,c   Avino Martinez J ^a   Espana Gregori E ^a,b   Alcocer Yuste, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Oftalmologica del Mediterraneo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Punctal occlusion; Punctal plugs; Pyogenic granuloma; Smart Plug

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRY EYE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA;

AGED; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 38849092538     PISSN: 03656691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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