Management of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction with Probing, Experience in a Mexican Eye Center
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Late Probing for Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction
OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome of late Nasolacrimal Duct (NLD) probing in children 2 years and above and to identify the cause of failure in these children. STUDY DESIGN Quasi- experimental. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna, India, from January 1999 to June 2003. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical diagnosis of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction (CNLDO) was d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2091-0320,2072-6805
DOI: 10.3126/nepjoph.v11i2.27827