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COMPARISON BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL DCR AND DCR AUGMENTED WITH MITOMYCIN-C
English
2019
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare
English
BACKGROUND Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is done for management of epiphora due to nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Common causes of DCR failure are fibrous tissue growth, scarring and granulation tissue formation which obstructs the new drainage channel formed after conventional DCR surgery. Mitomycin-C is an anti-proliferative agent and may enhance the result of DCR by inhibiting fibrous tissue proliferation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective randomized comparative study of one-year duration
doi:10.18410/jebmh/2019/149
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