Outcome of probing for congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction in older children

PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of probing in congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children age 2 years and older and to establish factors predictive of the outcome. METHODS: The study was a single-center, prospective, interventional case series. Sixty patients with congenital nasolacrimal duct...

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Published in:	American journal of ophthalmology Vol. 130; no. 1; pp. 42 - 48
Main Authors:	Honavar, Santosh G, Prakash, Vasudha E, Rao, Gullapalli N
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-07-2000 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Dacryocystorhinostomy - methods Female Fluorophotometry Humans Lacrimal Duct Obstruction - congenital Lacrimal Duct Obstruction - diagnosis Male Medical sciences Nasolacrimal Duct - pathology Nasolacrimal Duct - surgery Prospective Studies Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the eye and orbit Tears - metabolism Treatment Outcome Human Nose disease Prognosis Congenital Treatment efficiency Nasolacrimal duct Infant Probe Lacrimal apparatus disease Congenital disease Obstruction Eye disease Treatment Surgery ENT disease
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