A comparison of outcomes between nonlaser endoscopic endonasal and external dacryocystorhinostomy: single-center experience and a review of British trends

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-37

  Leong, Samuel C ^a   Karkos, Petros D ^a   Burgess, Philip ^a   Halliwell, Mark ^a   Hampal, Sucha ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIPHORA; EPISTAXIS; EXTERNAL DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549122630     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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