Lacrimal Appatatus Disease
Report summarizes lacrimal appatatus disease study findings from C. Lanciego and co-researchers
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, February 5th, 2010
In this recently published article, scientists in Toledo, Spain conducted a study "To evaluate the efficacy of plastic polyurethane stents compared with nasolacrimal cryoplasty in the management of epiphora in adults. Patients (N = 37; mean age, 64 years; range, 34-86 y; six men, 31 women) with severe epiphora with partial/complete obstruction of the nasolacrimal system were randomized to have a plastic stent inserted (n = 19) or to undergo balloon dilation cryoplasty (n = 18)."
"Both procedures were conducted on an outpatient basis. Patency was assessed with Kaplan-Meier curves. Initial technical success rate and immediate resolution of epiphora was complete in all...
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