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Punctal and vertical canaliculus lacerations
J J Hurwitz1, S M Corin, S M Tucker
1University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
We report a patient with a rare form of laceration through the lower punctum, vertical canaliculus, ampulla, and lower eyelid. A modification of a standard canalicular laceration repair involving the use of silk stent in the canalicular system is described.