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Probing in congenital dacryostenosis or atresia

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A retrospective study was made of the results of treatment of 100 consecutive patients with congenital dacryostenosis or atresia, in whom conservative treatment was not successful. Syringing and probing had most chance of succeeding in children up to the age of 6 months. The most important cause of recurrence was nasal pathology.

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  1. C. C. Sterk

    Present address: Ophthalmological Department, Academic Hospital Leiden, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333, AA Leiden, The Netherlands

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Sterk, C.C. Probing in congenital dacryostenosis or atresia. Doc Ophthalmol 50, 321–325 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158016

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