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PNEUMOCOCCAL DACRYOCYSTITIS [PDF]
Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 1995 Acute suppurative dacryocystitis or lacrimal abscess is an inflammation of the lacrimal sac or suppuration of the pericystic tissues. Among various microbial etiologies, Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of acute dacryocystitis. The condition often occurs as a consequence of chronic pneumococcal infection of nasal origin.
Deshpande M +4 more
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Beyoglu Eye Journal, 2019 INTRODUCTION[|]Chronic dacryocystitis is usually seen in middle-aged or older women, suggesting that decreased estrogen and progesterone serum levels may be a causative factor in the disease pathology.
Hakan Baybora +3 more
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Comparison of the extrusion rate of Crawford tubes [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 AIM: To compare the outcomes of dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) using traditional Crawford tubes (TCT) and Crawford tubes with suture (CTS) in the lumen.METHODS:Retrospective case series consisting of patients who underwent DCR between 2008 and 2013.RESULTS ...
Kira L. Segal +2 more
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Clinicobacteriological study of chronic dacryocystitis in Egypt
Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2019 Background Empirical antibiotic treatment is a common practice to manage chronic dacryocystitis in many healthcare settings in spite of the probability for changing in the types of microbial isolates.
Sahar Negm +4 more
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Journal of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society, 2017 Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the designing of four types of mucosal flaps on the success rates of dacryocystorhinostomy. Patients and methods In this prospective randomized study, dacryocystorhinostomy was performed for 128 ...
Ali M El Sawy +3 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 Introduction : Minimal access surgery is common in all fields of medicine. We compared a new minimally invasive strabismus surgery (MISS) approach with a standard paralimbal strabismus surgery (SPSS) approach in terms of post-operative course.
Richa Sharma +2 more
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Fungal flora in congenital dacryocystitis
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1990 In this study, 86 eyes in 66 cases (20 bilateral) of congenital dacryocystitis were analysed for fungal growth. Fungi alone were isolated in 12 eyes (13.95%) and in 14 eyes (16.28%) together with bacteria--a total of 26 positive for fungus ...
Ghose Supriya, Mahajan V
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Perioperative visual loss with non-ocular surgery: Case report and review of literature
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 Perioperative visual loss (POVL), a rare but devastating complication, has been reported after spine, cardiac, and head-neck surgeries.The various causes include ischemic optic neuropathy, central or branch retinal artery occlusion, and cortical ...
Nidhi Pandey +2 more
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International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2019 Introduction Bilateral simultaneous endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (endo-DCR) has received little attention in the literature, thus many surgeons continue to address bilateral nasolacrimal duct obstruction at two stages, rather than in the same setting.
Islam R. Herzallah +4 more
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Evaluation of the role of syringing prior to cataract surgery
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1997 Patients for cataract surgery in India routinely undergo preoperative syringing to rule out chronic dacryocystitis. We determined the sensitivity and specificity of the clinical test of regurgitation on pressure over the lacrimal sac (ROPLAS) as a ...
Thomas Ravi +3 more
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