Getting hooked: Eyelash in lacrimal punctum
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[Perforated punctum plugs in treatment lacrimal punctal stenosis].
PURPOSE Retrospective evaluation of treatment of epiphora due to punctal stenosis with application of perforated plugs as well as evaluation of complications. MATERIAL AND METHOD There were inserted perforated plugs into inferior lacrimal puncta to twelve patients with epiphora due to proximal stenosis in efferent lacrimal ducts. Their size were predeterminated by caliper measuring. Patients ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1319-4534
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2017.05.004