Trauma dos canalículos lacrimais
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2003-02-01
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Schellini, Silvana Artioli [UNESP]
Matai, Olívia [UNESP]
Kakinoana, Elisabete [UNESP]
Kamegasawa, Amélia [UNESP]
Padovani, Carlos Roberto [UNESP]
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Purpose: To evaluate the canalicular trauma causes and the characteristics of the patients in our region. Local: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - UNESP - Botucatu, São Paulo. Method: A retrospective observational study was conducted in a 7 years period evaluating 25 canalicular trauma carriers according gender, occupation, cause and lesion localization, associated structures affected, time to surgical procedure, surgery performed and results with the treatment. Results and conclusion: 68,0% of the patients were male and there is no age prevalence. The car accidents was the most important cause of canalicular trauma. The inferior canaliculus were the most frequently affected. The majority of the patients showed another structure lesioned (eye, eyelid or orbit) and most of patients presented good results with treatment.
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adolescent, adult, aged, child, clinical article, conference paper, controlled study, eye injury, eyelid, female, gender, human, lacrimal canaliculus trauma, lacrimal duct, male, occupation, orbit, prevalence, retrospective study, surgical technique, treatment outcome
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Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, v. 62, n. 2, p. 149-152, 2003.