Surgical outcomes of external dacryocystorhinostomy and risk factors for functional failure: a 10-year experience
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outcomes of external dacryocystorhinostomy
purpose: to evaluate the outocmes and complications of dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr) in the ophthalmic centers of yazd medical sciences university, yazd, iran. method: the outcomes of external dcr (ex-dcr) operation on 187 patients were evaluated. patients were selected consecutively. results: overall success rate was 90.4% (ci 95%; 86.3 - 94.5%). success rate was 90.9% in females and 89.1% in ma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2016.308