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Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2010
Background/Aim. Intensive epiphora (lacrimal apparatus disease) can make difficult daily routine and cause ocular refraction disturbances. In most cases ethiology is unknown, rarely occurs after nose surgical procedures, face fractures, in Wegener ...
Milojević Milanko, Avramović Siniša, Kostić Bratislav, Sotirović Jelena, Perić Aleksandar   +4 more
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Lacrimal Apparatus [PDF]

, 2020
National Cancer Institute
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Prolactin Inducible Protein, but Not Prolactin, Is Present in Human Tears, Is Involved in Tear Film Quality, and Influences Evaporative Dry Eye Disease

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
PurposeDecreased production of the aqueous component of the tear film is an important cause of the development of dry eye disease (DED). Tear production is influenced by hormones and hormone-like factors.
Katharina Jüngert, Friedrich Paulsen, Christina Jacobi, Christina Jacobi, Jutta Horwath-Winter, Fabian Garreis   +5 more
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Large Number of Eyelashes in the Lacrimal Sac Found by Dacryoendoscopy: A Case Report

Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2023
Foreign objects sometimes enter the lacrimal sac. Here, we report the case of a patient with many comb-shaped eyelashes in the lacrimal sac and discuss the potential of using dacryoendoscopy to detect and remove foreign bodies from the lacrimal apparatus.
Akemi Iwasaki, Yoichi Manabe
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Congenital Lacrimal Fistula in a Seven-Year-Old Female: A Rare Cause of Epiphora [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Congenital lacrimal fistulas are rare epithelium-lined tracts that tend to have a direct communication between skin and the lacrimal drainage system. These are benign developmental abnormalities, that may require no treatment.
Praveena Kher, Jigna Motwani
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Application of “Hand-as-Foot” teaching method in anatomy of the lacrimal apparatus

Asian Journal of Surgery
Yue Jin, Zhi Tie, Bao Tie
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AAV2/9-mediated gene transfer into murine lacrimal gland leads to a long-term targeted tear film modification

Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, 2022
Corneal blindness is the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide. Since corneal epithelium is constantly renewed, non-integrative gene transfer cannot be used to treat corneal diseases. In many of these diseases, the tear film is defective. Tears are
Benoit Gautier, Léna Meneux, Nadège Feret, Christine Audrain, Laetitia Hudecek, Alison Kuony, Audrey Bourdon, Caroline Le Guiner, Véronique Blouin, Cécile Delettre, Frédéric Michon   +10 more
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Refractory Dry Eye Syndrome after Transconjunctival Excision of the Palpebral Lobe of the Lacrimal Gland

Medicina, 2021
The aim of the present study was to report two cases of refractory dry eye syndrome (DES) after transconjunctival excision of the palpebral lobe of the lacrimal gland.
Yong-Jae Lee, Han-Sol Choi, Seong-Jun Park, Hae-Jung Sun, Sun-Young Jang   +4 more
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Computed tomography in treatment decision making in children with lacrimal drainage disorders

Oftalʹmologiâ, 2014
The impossibility of lacrimal apparatus direct examination impedes the diagnostics of its disorders, particularly in younger children. Modern diagnostic technology, multi-spiral computed tomography (CT), can help to resolve this problem.
M. E. Valyavskaya, A. V. Ovchinnikova, E. Yu. Markova, P. S. Rogatkin   +3 more
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Retained Herrick Plug. [PDF]

, 2018
A 79-year-old female with a history of keratoconjunctivitis sicca presented with several years of epiphora of both eyes. Thirteen years earlier, intracanalicular Herrick lacrimal plugs (Lacrimedics, Eastsound, WA, USA) had been placed in both eyes to ...
Hellman, Justin B, Lin, Lily Koo, Strong, Edward Bradley   +2 more
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