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Intra‐canalicular gelatin implants in lacrimal punctum surgery
Author(s) -
STARTUP F. G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1984.tb03375.x
Subject(s) - medicine , keratoconjunctivitis sicca , bone canaliculus , lacrimal apparatus , gelatin , occlusion , lacrimal canaliculi , surgery , dacryocystorhinostomy , lacrimal sac , anatomy , ophthalmology , biochemistry , chemistry
Implants of gelatin rods into the lacrimal canaliculus have been used in the human as a means of assessing the advantages of permanent punctum occlusion in cases of keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Their use in the dog is suggested in similar circumstances but more especially following surgery of the puncta and canaliculi where haemorrhage might produce further post‐operative occlusion.