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Microbiology and management of Staphylococcus aureus lacrimal system infections: A 10-year retrospective study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
PurposeTo assess the in vitro efficacy of common antimicrobial agents used empirically for methicillin- resistant and sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MSSA) infections of the lacrimal system.MethodsA retrospective review of culture-proven S ...
Niloufar Bineshfar, Kevin D Clauss, Wendy W Lee, Darlene Miller   +3 more
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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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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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Oftalmomiíase como causa de lesão canalicular Ophthalmomyiasis as a cause of canalicular lesion

Jornal de Pediatria, 2005
OBJETIVO: Miíase é a invasão de tecido humano pela larva de uma mosca da ordem Díptera. O envolvimento ocular não é comum. Lesões do aparelho lacrimal geralmente estão associadas a traumas e raramente são devidas a infestações parasitárias.
Fabio P. Saraiva, José B. V. D. Fernandes, Vivian O. Tomikawa, Patrícia G. Costa, Suzana Matayoshi   +4 more
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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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Efficacy of mitomycin C in modified transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of mitomycin C in anatomical and functional success after modified transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy. Methods: A prospective, double-blinded, randomized placebo-controlled study compared the effect of
Eduardo Damous Feijó, Mirna de Melo Dias, Bruna Angelina Alves de Souza, Juliana Alves Caixeta, Roberto Murillo Limongi, Suzana Matayoshi   +5 more
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