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SUBMITTER: Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2743152 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Repka Michael X MX Melia B Michele BM Beck Roy W RW Chandler Danielle L DL Fishman Deborah R DR Goldblum Todd A TA Holmes Jonathan M JM Perla Bernard D BD Quinn Graham E GE Silbert David I DI Wallace David K DK
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 20081001 5
<h4>Purpose</h4>To report the outcome of nasolacrimal duct balloon catheter dilation as the primary treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) in children younger than 4 years of age.<h4>Methods</h4>One hundred two children (151 eyes) ages 12 to <48 months (mean, 23 months) at the time of surgery, who previously had not undergone a nasolacrimal surgical procedure and who presented with at least one of the following clinical signs of NLDO--epiphora, increased tear lake, and/or m ...[more]