Primary Treatment of Acute Dacryocystitis by Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy with Silicone Intubation Guided by a Soft Probe

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-122

  Wu, Wencan ^a   Yan, Wentao ^a   MacCallum, Julia K ^b   Tu, Yunhai ^a   Jiang, Alice C ^b   Yang, Yuan ^a   Xiao, Tianlin ^a   Li, Jin ^a   Wang, Qinmei ^a   Qu, Jia ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; OCULAR FIBROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SILASTIC TUBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONES;

EID: 57949112367     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.09.041     Document Type: Article

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