Innovative cost-effective method to repair lacrimal cannaliculi laceration – finding proximal end and stent
Purpose: To explore a new technique to find out the proximal end of lacerated canaliculi and a new material for the stent.Methods: Surgery was performed on 9 eyes of 9 patients using a 5/0 prolene suture needle as a modified probe. Prolene suture was inserted as a stent and left in place for two mon...
Main Authors: | Shah, Shreya M., Shah, Mehul A., Patel, Kashyap B., Singh, Romi U. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2019-05-01
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Series: | GMS Ophthalmology Cases |
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Online Access: | http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/oc/2019-9/oc000109.shtml |
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