Surgical punctal occlusion with a high heat-energy releasing cautery device for severe dry eye with recurrent punctal plug extrusion

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ohba, Emii ^a   Dogru, Murat ^b   Hosaka, Eri ^a   Yamazaki, Asako ^a   Asaga, Rie ^c   Tatematsu, Yukako ^b   Ogawa, Yoko ^b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^b   Goto, Eiki ^a  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; ROSE BENGAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRY EYE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTAL OCCLUSION; RECANALIZATION; SCHIRMER TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79951811073     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.08.045     Document Type: Article

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