Clinical outcome of endonasal KTP laser assisted dacryocystorhinostomy
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Clinical outcome of endonasal KTP laser assisted dacryocystorhinostomy
BACKGROUND To evaluate the clinical outcome of primary endonasal laser assisted dacryocystorhinostomy (ENL-DCR) using the potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all primary ENL-DCRs performed within a period of twelve months by the same combined Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaringology team in Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The main outcome measure for...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Ophthalmology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-5-2